Write Protected UFD

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 22 May 2011, 22:39

Hey guys I got given a 4gb ufd but its write proteercted so I can't format or anything so I tried playing around in disk management and can't find anything useful there. I cleared the attributesd using command and that doesn't work. I'm trying to find the attributes in the registry but its taking a bit longer than expected:) I can't think of any other ideas. Can anyone help?

Post by **GDI_Lord** » 23 May 2011, 13:12

Sorry, but what is a UFD?

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 13:21

USB Flash Drive

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 23 May 2011, 14:35

Oh, I thought it stood for Unidentified Fluid Discharge, my bad.

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 14:50

Hahaha! No one have any ideas?

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 23 May 2011, 15:16

The disk has no hardware write protect switches?

Tried other USB ports or possibly another pc?

Maybe there is something launching itself into memory when the disk is inserted, locking the drive because it marks a file as in use?

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 16:24

Nope:) its read only when I look at the drive in disk management.

The_Jelly · Post by **The_Jelly** » 23 May 2011, 19:36

just to let u know what iv tried.... i looked for hardware write protect switches and nothing.... i tried formatting, tried formatting through CMD, downloded some software and tried a low level format. i tried Hp Disk tool, i tried a method through the registry i found on the net, and that didnt work. i then downloded a registry entry that would overwrite my exisiting one and that never worked either....
Not sure what else could be tried....

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 19:51

Dam bro I'm not sure what else is left to be tried!

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 23 May 2011, 21:25

He has not tied the hammer yet....have you opened the drive?

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 21:45

No... I thought of opening it but then I thought what for?

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 23 May 2011, 21:47

There might be some small switches in there to lock the drive or a component might be faulty

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 21:52

It would be weird to put a switch there and its never been opened before so it couldn't have been switched over... I'm hoping for the best with this flash drive

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 23 May 2011, 22:19

Well I hope you get it running...so you cant even reformat it

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 23 May 2011, 22:45

Can't do anything bro. Its stuck in fat32 and can only read the data that's on it...

Prime · Post by **Prime** » 23 May 2011, 23:08

Slimshaedy wrote:Hey guys I got given a 4gb ufd but its write proteercted so I can't format or anything so I tried playing around in disk management and can't find anything useful there. I cleared the attributesd using command and that doesn't work. I'm trying to find the attributes in the registry but its taking a bit longer than expected:) I can't think of any other ideas. Can anyone help?

Check that the disk size is correct, that the PC matches the packaging.

I suspect that for 100 bucks, you'd be better buying a new one and dropping the old one behind your car tire!

Post by **GDI_Lord** » 24 May 2011, 08:21

Hmmm... you were given the drive... Was it new - a present? Was it used - and possibly infected with malware and your machine could also now be infected?

Have you tried something like Ultimate Boot CD or Hiren's Boot CD which is a bootable CD that allows you to do things like format USB flash disks without booting into Windows or whatever OS you're running?

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 24 May 2011, 08:24

It was given to me by the jelly. He couldn't get it working so he said I could have it. So I've been trying and I can't either.

I was wondering if there's some kind of software that might fix it... Looks like its broken to me

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 24 May 2011, 08:30

Try formatting it from a linux distro or iOS

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 24 May 2011, 09:02

I don't know where I'll get my hands on a linux but thanks if I come across one I'll give it a shot:)

Post by **Stuart** » 24 May 2011, 18:58

Did jelly pay R20 for this UFD (that's a new one on me!) at a robot in Alberton North? Because, if so, there may be somewhere else to look for faulty switches.

How old is this drive? Flash drives sometimes just die. It's sad and it can't always be explained. They're kinda like puppies that way. Except most puppies can't be forced very easily into a USB port.

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 24 May 2011, 19:13

Hahaha I'm not sure where he got it from... But if its faulty its faulty. I bought a 32GB from the robots, and it worked,but VERY slow. So I thought I'll copy all my pics onto there so I formatted to ntfs but now its completely blank. I can't even get to formatting... So now I have 2 broken UFDs:(

Post by **Stuart** » 24 May 2011, 19:23

If you purchased a flash drive from the robots and expected it to work, please do not familiarise yourself with the name Harold Camping.

Slimshaedy · Post by **Slimshaedy** » 24 May 2011, 19:32

I thought they would be dodgy quality or something, which it was... It was very slow...

Post by **GDI_Lord** » 25 May 2011, 18:05

Stuart wrote:How old is this drive? Flash drives sometimes just die. It's sad and it can't always be explained. They're kinda like puppies that way. Except most puppies can't be forced very easily into a USB port.

I'm tempted to add that to my sig...

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