16GB Cruzer USB unable to make drive writable

@beiker wrote:

Hi. Hopefully this link would help you out. 

 

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2532/~/%22flash-drive-write-protection%22-error-appear…

 

Did you miss the part where the OP said he was using Win7, or where the KnowledgeBase article says

“This applies to Windows XP only.”?