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    keerthyraj Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 12, 2008, 06:41 AM
    Write protected
    Hi ,I having 2 GB flash drive of Transcend 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.
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    Apr 12, 2008, 07:59 AM
    Flash drives sometimes come with a slide switch. One position locks the flash so that you can read only. The other unlocks the flash for full access.

    Do you see the switch on your drive?
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    Apr 17, 2008, 11:03 PM
    I ,I having 2 GB flash drive of 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. And also it has no having any switchs it is old one
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    Apr 18, 2008, 06:19 AM
    Keshava12,

    I'm not sure what you are asking here. It seems that you just repeated the original question again, why?

    If you are having the same problems as the original poster, you need to open your own discussion, not piggyback on someone else's posting.
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