Locked out of my flash drive

Your flashdrive usually shows 2 drives when inserted to your computer, one is the U3 drive and the other one is the removable disk drives. U3 drive is your separate partition for the U3 system and in order for you to store, copy, format your flashdrive, you should be selecting the removable disk drive, not the U3 drive. U3 is a read only memory drive that is responsible for your U3 to work (just like portable applications). Hope this helps.

It doesn't look like this is possible. For your protection, SanDisk did not build in a backdoor or reset feature in the device.

Please see SanDisk's official statement on this feature:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/191/~/u3-launchpad-password-feature

Hi - If you're using Windows 7 then you might you need a software upgrade. See here:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3682/~/u3-launchpad-update-for-windows-7
Good Luck, Mikeywaf

Each U3 smart drive comes with a pre-defined number of login attempts. When you have only 3 attempts remaining, you will receive a warning message to prevent losing your data unnecessarily.
SanDisk does not have any method to bypass the password security feature on Cruzer U3 flash drives. SanDisk has not built in any back door or password reset methods. If the password feature is enabled and you exceed the number of incorrect password attempts, the drive will lock. Once the drive is locked there is no way to unlock the drive or gain access to the data stored on the device. You can only select the format feature, which will perform a secure erase (drive wipe) and data recovery will NOT be possible. U3 Cruzer flash drives which are password protected use 128bit AES encryption for data security

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/191

I have this same device and forgot my password also. The only solution you can do is format the drive and reinstall the software that came with the drive. I believe it warns you of this when installing a password on it, that if you loose or forget ur password the device will have to be reinstalled. the site to obtain the software is www.sandisk.com

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What software is password protecting your drive?

Ryan Frame
Creative Energy Associates Technical Center
Head Technician

New ones avail:

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I had the same problem. Just go to Sandisk's website and download the latest U3 removal tool, run it and it will format it back to 7.5 GB.

PASSWORD

I forgot my password, i've already tried all my options and attempts. My Sandisk Cruzer 4GB is permanently locked. I need help to retrieve my data. THANK YOU