![]() ![]() To further expand bbalegere's answer, what I did that completely fixed my exact problem as yours was I used ChipGenuis to figure out what the controller vendor is. It didn't work with all the common options for fixing the USB drive having "write protected", but the above solution I found after hours and hours of searching online and asking my computer-geeks colleagues. It worked for me for my Kingston Data Traveler flash drive. Results (usually) will take you back to the FlashBoot website toĭownload the utility to get your USB drive repaired. "UTILS" column in the page from step 2 and the first link on Google Search on Google for the name of the application you find in the.Search using your VID and PID from the previous step. Search for the tool to repair your USB stick S/W from FlashBoot.Get Chip Genius portable application which you will use toįind the VID and PID of the USB stick chip.If you don't want to go through the headache of the manufacturer's technical support then do it yourself as follows:. The steps below will lead you to get a small program to run on your USB memory-stick which is specific to your MANUFACTURER (make) and PRODUCT (model). Then your drive is corrupt and needs the internal chipset S/W to be flashed, i.e. You tried the different free online tools like HDD LL Format tool.You tried editing the Registry solution (for WriteProtect word).You tried formatting from CMD using DISKPART.You tried removing read-only permission from the drive properties.If the problem is persistent with the drive and you still can't copy files to it or format it after:. Another reason why I feel comfortable to use JetFlash USB Drives is because it can be fixed easily if something goes wrong. The MPtool for JetFlash USB Drives is called AlcorMptool and this MpTool has the option to flip the removable bit. I have successfully used MPTools on Transcend Jetflash USB Drives for various purposes such as flipping the removable bit or adding a cdfs partition. Warning - The procedure varies for different USB Flash Drives and you may end up with irreparable USB Flash Drive. Then you will have to figure how to use it.Ĭheck this for detailed guide on how to do this.(In this guide the MPtool is being used to repair a fake USB Drive) Go to and enter the VID and PID of your USB Drive.Check if there are any MassProduction tools available and download them. The general procedure to reprogram your USB Flash Drive to add/remove write protection is as follows:ĭownload and Run Chipgenius and find out the VID and PID of your USB Drive. Most Mass Production tools are used to repair USB Flash Drives or to add or remove CDFS Partition Some of these MP Tools can also be used to add/remove write protection. However this procedure varies for all USB Flash Drives. You can try using Mass Production tools to reprogram the microcontroller in your USB Flash Drive. My answer to this question is similar to the answer I had given for this questionįlipping the Removable Media bit - alternatives to BootIt? So do all these I/O device errors mean that these USB drives are just totally screwed? Is there any way to get more information about the problem? Starting in safe mode with command prompt and running format, diskpart, and chkdsk.HDD Low Level Format Tool: "Format Error occurred at offset 985,595,904: 1117 - Device I/O error" and hundreds of similar errors.See the System Event Log for more information." (The System Event Log only contains the error: The IO operation at logical block address 0 for Disk 1 was retried.) diskpart clean: "Diskpart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.Changing registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies to 0.HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool: "Device media is write-protected".Windows format: "The disk is write protected".Most of them work just fine, but a couple of them won't let me format them because they are "write-protected." There is no write protection switch on the device. I ordered a bunch of 1GB usb drives from a semi-shady Chinese company. ![]()
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