Hi ,i having 128 Mb flash drive of Frontech company.for some unknown reason that showing "write protected ,disable it to use" message is coming.i tried several ways but not succeeded.how to disable that write protected flash drive.presently it allows to copy from the drive but not to that drive and not also accepting the deleting or formatting the drive.how to overcome the problem.
thanks for any help.
bye,
ranga rao.

LTheobald

Is there any switch on the flash drive? Is the drive full? If not it might be an idea to try uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. To do that try:

• Plug in the flash drive
• Right click on My Computer
• Choose Properties
• Switch to the hardware tab
• There should be a button like "Device Manager". Click on this.
• Find your flash drive on this list. Right click on it and choose uninstall.
• Unplug the flash drive, wait a few seconds then plug it back in.
• You should now get a new hardware wizard dialog from which you can reinstall the drivers.

ScottGem

I have a similar flash drive from Transcend. It has a slide switch on the drive that turns write protection on or off. As far as I know, the only way to write protect such a drive is with a switch on the device itself.

ranga rao

thanks for ur replies ,but my flash drive doesn't have any switch to enable / disable the write protect.moreover in win 2k/xp the drivers for the flash device are coming default.how to uninstall those default(generic) device drivers.Iam using win xp .
waiting for help.
bye,
ranga rao

LTheobald

Did you get drivers with the flash pen? If so it might be best to update the drivers that come with Windows to those. Do that by:

• Click on Start
• Right click on My Computer and choose Properties
• Choose the hardware tab
• Click the Device Manager button
• Find your flash drive on this list somewhere.
• Right click on it, choose Update Driver.
• If you get some Windows Update driver search thing, click no.
• You'll be asked if you want to install the driver automatically or from a list/location. Choose the location option.
• Then make sure the search looks on the disk the drivers were provided to you on. The rest should be pretty clear.

ScottGem

I don't think its a drivers issue because I don't think that the generic drivers offer that feature.

Have you tried looking for the manufacturer's WEB site to see if there are instructions for how to turn the write protect off? I still think there is some switch on the device itself.

StuMegu

How did you get the information on the drive in the first place?

fredg

Hi,
This particular drive automatically write protects anything.....you can't change it!!
Here is a link:

http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp...816&cat_id=611

Please go to the link, scroll down to beneath the picture of the drive, and read the explanation on how you can change the password, to be able to read it. But, as the steps indicate, if you change the password, it will erase everything on the drive !
Best wishes,
fredg

LTheobald

Fred - that link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having issues?

Either way - there's you solution. Copy everything off the flash drive, edit what you need, wipe it, then put it back.

ScottGem

Hmm, I tried the link and it didn't work for me. Since the only info we have on this drive is that its "128 Mb flash drive of Frontech company" I question how anyone can be sure what model it is and what features it has. I also question why a drive like that would be made Write Once. The whole purpose of such drives is to provide portable storage. Making it Write Once would seem to negate much of its value and marketability.