Pendrive could not open

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rosysh Posts 1 Registration date Tuesday October 30, 2012 Status Member Last seen October 30, 2012 - Oct 30, 2012 at 03:44 AM
Zohaib R Posts 2368 Registration date Sunday September 23, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 13, 2018 - Oct 30, 2012 at 04:07 AM
Hello,

My pendrive is not opening. when i double click it, it asks for formatting. but i'm not able to format either. because it says, it is write protected. i dont understand .. what can i do to solve this problem ? i have important data in my pendrive please help.

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Zohaib R Posts 2368 Registration date Sunday September 23, 2012 Status Member Last seen December 13, 2018 69
Oct 30, 2012 at 04:07 AM
Hi rosysh,

As per you description it seems the pen drive is write protected. There is a workaround for this problem. Check the steps in the below mentioned link and see if this resolves the problem:

https://ccm.net/faq/4214-how-to-disable-write-protection-on-a-usb-key

Please reply if you have any further questions.

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