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Can't delete from USB

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  • 03-07-2018 4:48pm
    #1
    thesultan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭


    I tried to format too but it won't do it either.
    The disk is write protected comes up.
    Anyone know what to do?


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,447 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Was it a promo stick containing product data and/or a program that runs a demo? If so, it may be permanently (factory setting) write-protected.

    If you bought in a shop, it might have a write-protect sliding switch like most SD memory cards.


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    thesultan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭thesultan


    No I brought it from an Irish company online


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    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    Might help...

    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-fix-write-protection-errors-on-a-usb-stick/


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    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    thesultan wrote: »
    I tried to format too but it won't do it either.
    The disk is write protected comes up.
    Anyone know what to do?

    had this happen to me recently and nothing would work as it had become corrupted and unusable
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    thesultan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭thesultan


    How did it become corrupt?


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    Attifowler
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Attifowler


    Reboot your computer and try it again


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