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Memory Stick Write-Protection Issue

  • 04-07-2009 7:47pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Just wondering if anyone can offer me any assistance with this. Bought a 16GB Transcend memory stick a few months ago (ebay). Only used it three or four times to transfer files and all was well. Tried to use it earlier today, and when I connected it to my PC it tells me it's write protected and I can't delete or transfer anything to/from it.


    I've searched about online and can't seem to find anything of much help. Messed about with it a bit trying to format it and so forth and I've gotten to the stage now where my PC tells me the stick is empty, but upon double-clicking on it, asks me to format it before I can use it.

    It takes forever to try to format it and then eventually tells me "Windows could not complete the format". I've tried this on both my PC and a laptop I use, so I am completely lost here.


    Anyone got any idea at all? It's wrecking my head.:mad:


    Cheers :)


Comments

  • #2
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Sounds like it has developed a fault. The memory chips inside some units can be the cheapest around and can become very unreliable. This happened to me before and I just had to bin it.


  • #3
    nVid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 217 ✭✭nVid


    KKV wrote: »
    Hey,

    Bought on (ebay).

    Well there's yar problem


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Had one or two sticks go like that. Some I had to bin. Others, I went to their official site and the company had free downloadable software to fix the problem in the "Resources" (or equivelent) section.


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