SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB write protected error

Hi, I had the same problem and tried everything suggested but nothing worked.

Finally I found the answer was to use a Flash drive tester - in Destructive write test mode. You will lose any data not saved but you can now re-format the drive. This is the link to a free program,

http://mikelab.kiev.ua/index_en.php?page=PROGRAMS/chkflsh_en

Hope this helps,

Graham.

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Thanks Graham.

Does the formatting remove the write protection when the drive is used back in a pc?  It was noted in another recent post that the drive could be formatted in a cheap camera but it was still write protected when put back in the pc.

Works fine on my laptop now, tried everything else including registry hacks this is the only thing that worked.

Thanks for the follow up, gdauphin.  Hopefully this helps out many of the others with problems.

How you did that? Even this software says it’s write protected. I tryed this and HD Tune Pro!!

I Just bought two 16gb sanddisk flashdrives and both of them are with this problem! I bought both on Amazon.

Hi, I am propbably 1 of the 1% who have problems with my Cruzer blade 16gb. It is also write protected on its own accord.

This happened maybe a month or so ago & I finally decided to look for a solution or if someone else has this problem. Well it seems I am not the only one.

I do believe alot of people may have this problem, but are not inclined to search the web for a solution or thinking they did something wrong.

The check flash solution did not work for me. It states the obvious: your drive is write protected, remove the write protection first.

We need some customer service & a solution to your product’s fault.

It is no use blaming Windows. It is a Sandisk problem.

Please provide a solution. I am looking forward to great customer service & a speedy solution to this problem some of us experience with your product.

Thx

pls help to remove write protect from my SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB,have tried all methods ,nothing is happing.

whether have to buy another drive other than SanDisk ?

gggggggggggg

nothing is happening with “SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB write protected error”

please suggest solution for it.

@erlo_d wrote:

 

We need some customer service

 

SanDisk Global Customer Service Contact Information

@erlo_d wrote:

 

It is a Sandisk problem.

 

Please provide a solution. 

 

Retrun the unit to your dealer or contact SanDisk directly via the link provided above for a warranty replacement.

@bhrnlsh wrote:

nothing is happening with “SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB write protected error”

please suggest solution for it.

 

Return it or contact SanDisk directly for a warranty replacement as suggested above.

That’s not a suggestion. That’s just prolonging a problem that you need to actually fix.

Well, you can do nothing or you can continue to complain but I can assure you neither will solve your problem. The options TapeWorm gave are the only two options that work.

Only two options that work? That’s sad. Either 1.return it, or 2. talk to customer service, who’ll, in the end, tell you to return it. Great options.

Sandisk needs to figure this problem out. My mother ordered a sandisk camera sd card usb stick, only to have it stop working after 2 uses.

Sorry, two different types of “returns”.  One means “return” it to where you bought it, the other means contact SanDisk who will have you “return” it to them.

As with most problems if they are easy to reproduce they are easy to determine a fix.  This write protect problem is not reproducable.  Many people experience it, on different machines and different OSs and different uses but not everybody and not all the time.  It could be static electricity, low power voltage from the power supply, heat, bent wires, broken wires, dust.  Anything.  hard to fix if you don’t know what to fix.

Tapeworm wrote:


@erlo_d wrote:

 

It is a Sandisk problem.

 

Please provide a solution. 

 


Return the unit to your dealer or contact SanDisk directly via the link provided above for a warranty replacement.

@phobosromulus wrote:
That’s not a suggestion. That’s just prolonging a problem that you SanDisk needs to actually fix.

If it is indeed a SanDisk problem, a bad batch of drives, something inherently wrong in the drives themselves, etc. and no one has figured out how to “fix” it, what other choice is there?

The best way to make sure SanDisk is aware of the problem and hopefully do something about it is to return the item. They, like all other manufacturers of products, monitor their returns closely. When those returns exceed a certain percentage of sales, they wake up and say. “Hey, we’ve got a problem here; we need to do something about it!”

Voicing one’s dissatisfaction on this forum makes one feel good, but corporations tend to listen to their “figures” more than individuals. If they’re hit with X amount of returned drives from various dealers and retailers around the world, they’re going to pay more attention to that than whatever a few people could say here.

There sure seems to be enough individuals ‘complaning’ about their faulty product with the same problem, on this very forum, to warrant some kind of inspection or notice.

This is a known hardware error and can’t be fixed. Sandisk is aware of the issue, although there is no official recall for the product. This is an offical answer if you contact customer service:

"I understand that you are getting write protection error while accessing your Cruzer flash drive. The flash drive has detected a potential fault and has become write protected to prevent data loss. There is no method to fix this. You will need to backup your data and replace the flash drive.

Our team of developers is in combination with the OS developers looking into a solution to resolve this issue.

Please note that only a minor percentage of users are experiencing the write protection issue and these are the customers posting on the internet to find a solution."

SOLUTION 1: Return to where you bought and get a refund (as others usb drives might have the same issue)

SOLUTION 2: Contact Sandisk costumer service and get a refund, for the same reasons

I am facing this problem with my SanDisk Cruzer Slice 16 GB. It says ‘This disk is write-protected’. I cannot format it also. I have Windows 7. Someone please help me.

Follow the advice in the posting above yours.