I/O device error on Cruzer Pop 32GB

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:smiley:   Hi CrankyGamingMat,

Dear member of SanDisk Community, welcome.

Please, 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. _

Contact _ 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)