My kingston usb flash disk undergoing write protected physicaly

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Remove write protection from kingston 64gb flash drive Storage

How to format write protected USB flash disk Solved Closed

Solving this program will probably require the use of a special disk-formatting utility written specifically for Kingston USB flash drives. Your BEST option is to contact Kingston directly:

http://www.kingston.co,/support/default.asp

Answer the questions on that page and follow the prompts to get help from Kingston. They will know how to help you solve the problem at no cost. If all else fails, they will issue you an RMA number so you can return the drive in exchange for a new one. Kingston customer support is excellent, so contact the company at that URL and they will help you get your USB drive working again.

Hi!
if you use Windows XP or earlier, then - right click on your flash drive, goto "properties" -> uncheck "read only" checkbox.

If you use Win 7 or Vista - then use administrator account to run format (shift+right click on program, choose "run as administrator" ). the easiest way in Win7/Vista to format your flash drive is: Start -> all programs -> Accessories -> shift+right click on command prompt -> "run as administrator" -> type fromat driver_letter /q /y and press enter (e.g. if your flash driver has letter z, then you need to type format z /q /y and press enter). This will quickly format your flash drive.

If you use Linux/Unix/MAC OS, then you can use GParted or following command in terminal:

1. su
2. Enter password when asked
3. fdisk /dev/your_flash_drive_name (e.g. dev/sda/)
mkfs -t vfat /dev/your_flash_drive_name

Hope that will help :)

1. Download this tool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4040651/LLFTOOL.EXE

2. Format

(WARNING: After running this low level format tool,
the whole USB flash disk surface will be fully erased.
Therefore, data restoration will be impossible after using this utility!)

1. Download this tool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4040651/LLFTOOL.EXE

2. Format

(WARNING: After running this low level format tool,
the whole USB flash disk surface will be fully erased.
Therefore, data restoration will be impossible after using this utility!)

USB flash drives are made of a small amount of flash ram and usualy the size of a persons thumb.

the software that resides on them determins if the "disk volume" is write protected.

if a software program other than the native software that came with the drive has write protected "files" that exist on the drive you will need to find out the name of said program and follow the proceedures for changing the write protection of those files.


Loch Hiam

Hi, I am having problem copying or deleting from my Kingston Flash USB 4 flash drive. suddenly I could not delete or even copy anything into the drive. It keeps on indicating your disk is write protected. I have not secured the disk with a password, even then I have this problem....
How can i recover in this problem.

I had the same kind of problem with my 32GB Transcend USB Flash drive. I tried all the things I found in the internet (Apacer software, Registry fixes, Kingston software, HP Flash Disk software, you name it!) but nothing worked. Always I got Write protected error. Finally I found the program called MiniRMATool which solved the problem. Search MiniRMATool_XP2K_v1.rar in Google, run it and then you will be able to format your drive.

Hi

In the side of the drive there is small white switch . slide the switch in the opposite side,then it will be ok

Jyo