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Disable USB Write Protection

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SjrH

SjrH

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Jun 24, 2003
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I've got a very annoying problem whereby all USB or Memory Sticks now show up as write protected. They worked fine in the past but now I can't write anything to them!

Upon formatting a Sony MagicGate Memory Stick, it now shows up as corrupt and unreadable.

Niether device has a slider or switch to set protection so how can I remove the write protection from these devices?

I'm starting to think that an auto update patch has done something to make this happen!

TIA

[small]have you turned it off and on again?[/small]
 
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Turns out it was due to a security program installed on the pc that disables writing to any removeable device :(



[small]have you turned it off and on again?[/small]
 
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