A $500 contribution to the legal action case would be appreciated jahnsrichardd.
Ok I found the problem and fixed it. I found that when I plug in the USB through the device, it adds another free disk, so you can move the slot to switch to disk 3 (before it was working on disk 2). You can erase and format as usual.
You have the Wipe Disk option which I can assure you deletes all of them.
I forgot my password and needed to ‘factory reset’ my SanDisk SSD. I could not see the option to do this, and I tried what many on this forum did to no avail.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to resetting your drive:
Plug the drive in
Make sure you have downloaded the SanDisk Security app.
Search the app and right-click on it.
Select ‘Run as administrator’.
Enter the password incorrectly five times.
You will then be allowed to erase the drive and start over again.
Do not use SanDisk Unlock - you will not have the option to erase the drive
I hope this is helpful
Note: if you have forgotten your password, you cannot recover your files. I recommend setting a password hint.
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After reading this forum I just destroyed my ‘write protected’ USB.
I will be boycotting Sandisk products till 2030.
Life’s too short to waste time on companies that stuff up as badly as this.
May I ask a silly question - have you seen the physical switch on a USB flash drive? I tried a number of things and finally realized that the physical switch was not unlocked, causing the disk is write-protected on all my computers.
Sometimes, when the USB drive’s physical switch is locked, the device becomes write-protected on all PCs and devices you connect. You should locate and turn the physical switch from ON to OFF on your USB.
If the data on your USB flash drive is not important or you have a backup, you can format the drive, which could disable the USB drive’s write protection.
