My Drive is Write Protected how do I remove this. I can't format it ??
1950206
Same issue here...constant write protection issues. Even after removing all read write protection on both sides it still has issues. Format no help either. Weird.
1950207
There's no write protected switch for this product. Did you use any software? Try to use different computer. You may search for keyword : "How to Fix a USB Flash Drive That's Write Protected?"
1950208
There's no write protected switch for this product. Did you use any software?Try to use different computer.You may search for keyword : "How to Fix a USB Flash Drive That's Write Protected?"
1375822
You can format it as you wish. Put NTFS, because FAT32 limits the file size to below 4 GB which is fairly useless and negates the real strong point of this stick - lightening and moving huge fils around...
1118390
You have to fomat of reformat your hdd and than give it a letter so your pc can recongnize it.
2010166
Yes. I have done that on some SanDisk USB drives that I do not want password protected.
2010167
Format removes everything from any drive. They only way it data could stay on the drive is if it were partitioned into more than one drive. Then you would just have to format both partitions, but this is only one.
119563
There is a "reset password" menu item. When I clicked on it, it said that the drive would be erased and reformatted. So it looks like you would need to back up the data and restore it after resetting the password.
1224871
I'm honestly not sure, as I immediately formatted the drive when I got it. Sorry!
1211444
No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
855585
use the mini USB cable to connect to device and the USB window will pop-up, click on turn on USB storage. in the load mode you can copy and delete. Good luck!
1187831
Windows will detect this as a removable disk. Windows Explorer will assign it a drive letter (e.g. "E:"). To eject it, you open Windows Explorer, right click E:, and choose "eject." If you have a Mac, the process is probably similar.
1565984
The safest way would be to eject with windows, turn off the power on the unit and pull the hard drive out. Yes you can just pull out the drive but that can cause errors. Yes I have just pulled out a disk without doing anything and had no problems but I would not recommend doing this.
250487
Trying formatting (full not quick) in NTFS on your PC before plugging it in. This worked for me on a similar HP Flash Drive. Then leave it plugged in, XBOX doesn't like it plugged and unplugged will attempt reformat when detected. I lost a almost a month of save files that I had stored by removing it.Good luck.Neil
900003
Edward, if you format the drive as NTFS, you would only be able to view its contents on a Mac. Writing to the drive would not be possible.
1687481
I put in a drive with data on it and windows wouldn't recognize it unless I formatted it first. Works fine after formatting, but I had to backup all of my data before using the drive.
459443
It wasn't viewable in any OS I tried all three,But the last solution here worked as I had to make new partition and quick format it and in this way it also gave it a drive letter.I did this on an XP machine and Now it worked.
26883
If you reformat the drive you'll erase all the present data on it. If it's a brand new drive, just format it for FAT32 and both -Win7 and OS X- can read it.As to the file size limit, there is none.
1955085
It is formatted for NTFS Windows OS. Also, I have dropped it once when I was getting out of the car. The drive is totally unusable due to bad sectors after that.