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[FopaUK]

I have only just stumbled upon this reply. What an ill thought out and quite frankly disgusting response. Firstly i opt not to use the encryption option, as the USB is plugged in and removed multiple times per day. Second, i am a working academic, and the mere suggestion around pornography is absolutely outrageous. Finally, you must be a complete cretin to suggest such a scenario, shame on you @Ed_P you vile being.

[Ed_P]

And you FopaUK have no sense of humor! 

[et21]

Hi.

I've got write protection fault on SanDisk ExtremePro USB3.1 128GB flash drive.

I understand that the only way to go now it to RMA or recycle it.

But... the problem is that I'll need to use this and really I don't know what went wrong. Brand new drive, a few days old. Just regular use, fdisk->mkfs->dd->read. A few cycles.

The option into getting into endless RMA cycle is not very appealing to me. 

Also, what to do? (Except avoiding)

[Ed_P]

The drive wasn't designed for the type of use you are doing with it.  You should look for something simpler.