Re: USB stick locked - unable to unlock, format, or delete files
- From: Uwe Sieber <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:21:37 +0200
If all USB drives appear to write protected then it's probably
XP's write protect policy:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html#write_protected
Uwe
EriX wrote:
System: DELL Dimension 8300, P4 3.2 MHz, with PX Pro (SP2) 1 GB RAM
and 250GB HD.
I have been copying files to and from a 1GB USB stick for some time,
when it suddenly locked. Now I am unable to delete the files on it, or
reformat the drive (E:). XP boot in Safe Mode won't help, nor will
anything executed from the command line. I have tried every variation
of 'FORMAT' (including some undocumented parameters from the DOS-era -
getting desperate here...), ran 'CHKDSK /F", 'SCANDISK' and some
external tools, like Norton Utilities (32-bit). I have also tried to
'MOVE' the files elswhere, REName them, and remove attributes in safe
mode - to no avail.
I *AM* able to open, read and copy SOME of the files from this virtual
drive, but not to change or delete them. The stick contains
accidentally deleted files and folders that has been recovered from
the Recycle bin by an external undelete utility. The contents are now
backed up to CD's so I don't need them anymore, but I'd like to have
my USB stick back...
Any ideas?
.
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