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Help for read only files and how to change them

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Please i have a new flash drive that i want to format. i have not been able to format it as the flash is write protected/ read only. i will appreciate it if you can tell me how to remove the write protection and format it.
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solomon

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First, if it's an SD or other flash memory card (from a digital camera, for example) then make sure its write-protect switch is set to allow writes:

http://www.canon.ie/Images/image001_tcm24-521578.jpg

If that doesn't solve the problem, then check to make sure that writing to USB devices isn't disabled in the Registry.
See: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/18/h [...] r-windows/

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