I now need my flash drive for other purposes. When I tried to "Delete" or "Format" all I get is "Disk is Write Protected". I've been through every menu my pea sized brain can find and I can't find where to unprotect my flash drive. Please help.
New: DesktopSnowOK (Jan 6, 2025), Platform 29.5.3 (Jun 27, 2024)
1,100+ portable packages, 1.1 billion downloads
No Ads Nov/Dec/Jan!, Please donate today
Visit the Community page
Join our forums
Subscribe to our email newsletter
Subscribe with RSS
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on LinkedIn
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Mastodon
Follow us on BlueSky
Some drives have a write protection switch on them. Check for that. Failing that, reboot your PC, then plug in the drive and right-click and select format before opening up the drive and looking at the contents.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Thanks !
I had never seen that before, plus I got double bagged. The switch blended into the side of the drive (same color) and the case or jacket had become loose, so every time I pushed it into the port it was turning the write protect on. None of the other three jump drives in our household even have that feature. You're a HERO, John.
Gene
how do I solve this problem
It's specific to your drive, so you'll need to ask your manufacturer or see their website.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!