Cruzer FIX

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:smiley:   Hi Anthony,

Dear member of SanDisk Community, welcome.

[ I Have found this Read Write Protection error with my 8 gig Cruzer Glide. ]

Please, try the Cruzer in other PCs, and see if the problem continues.

If still bad, do not grieve more friend, return it because is dead, ist kaputt…

Write protection errors occur when a UFD detects a potential fault within itself. The drive will go into write-protected mode to prevent data loss.
There is no method to fix this.

You might have a pleasant surprise, if can contact with _ SanDisk Technical Support _ who will replace the device if it’s authentic and is within warranty. Link: http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/contact-us/

To obtain the internal data of the UFD, you can use (portable apps, free): - USB Flash ChipGenius 4.00,  http://filecloud.io/rqa7etmv
                                                                                                                                   - USB Flash Deview 2.30,           http://filecloud.io/srp2hegw
                                                                                                                                   - USB Flash DriveLetter 1.30,    http://filecloud.io/vgqzcdyh
                                                                                                                                   - USB Drive Manager 4.20,         http://filecloud.io/ydi9jpac

To find out more on this, see here:

http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/HELP-how-do-i-reomove-write-protected-message-from-my-16gb-flash/m-p/323924#M8925

Luck.

Regards, Alfred.                                                              (Google translated)