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    abhinav911 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 10, 2007, 08:43 AM
    Pen drives
    My pen drive has a virus and to fix it I need to format it...
    I tried everything... but it says its write protected and cannot format..
    Can anyone suggest any solutions to it and from where to get the software..
    Thanks
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    Feb 10, 2007, 09:03 AM
    You gat the software from the drive manufacturer. Many such drives have a slide that locks it into write protect mode.
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    Feb 10, 2007, 09:04 AM
    To be honest with the price of pen drives, you would be better of cutting your losses and getting a new bigger one and junking this one.
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