Hi Malachi1972,
Dear member of SanDisk Community, welcome.
I assume, that you’ve tried the UFD, in other PCs.
If you have “Write protected” , is that he died, ist kaputt…
Do not grieve more, friend, the solution is very simple: return it, and ready.
See link: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5232
If you are interested in the topic, look at the following article:
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/HELP-how-do-i-reomove-write-protected-mess…
Luck.
Regards, Alfred. (Google translated)