Gabrielw6,
Dear member of SanDisk Community, welcome.
Please friend, do not grieve more, return it, is dead, ist kaputt…
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 the portable utility (free): USB Flash ChipGenius 4.00, http://filecloud.io/_cpweb34i
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)
