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Problem with USB stick

NCW feen · 2019-11-21 18:17:57

I slotted the top of a USB stick into my phone to copy material from the stick onto the phone. When I subsequently slotted this same USB stick into my laptop and tryed to copy files to it from the laptop I got the error message 'The disk is write-protected'. I've googled this already but its the fact that I used it with my…

21-11-2019 07:17PM

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NCW feen

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I slotted the top of a USB stick into my phone to copy material from the stick onto the phone. When I subsequently slotted this same USB stick into my laptop and tryed to copy files to it from the laptop I got the error message 'The disk is write-protected'. I've googled this already but its the fact that I used it with my phone that has caused the problem as it worked fine beforehand. Appreciate any help.

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#2 21-11-2019 07:36PM

Courtn2

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Something similar happened to me years ago with a camera. Plug it back In the phone and if there’s an option to eject the USB take it.

If not, I think it should free up if you turn off the phone with the usb in place, but couldn’t swear to it

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#3 22-11-2019 01:08PM

riclad

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Copy all the files to the laptop ,then just format the drive .
i presume you can see the files on the usb stick

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