Write Protection on Flash Drive

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Ok, so I bought a Memorex 512MB falsh drive awhile back, but I haven't had much use for it until recently. So I pop it in, and it comes up as two drives! One for storage, and one that runs a program whenever I plug it in... I don't like the program, and would prefer the drive be like my 1GB drive and just be open file space. Problem is, I can't format this other drive, or do anything to it because it's write-protected...

Can anyone help me?

 

[stduc]

Which key? One of these?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/reviews/85140/memorex-mini-traveldrive-u3-512mb.html

If so that is the whole idea!

Is there a read/write switch on the drive?

http://www.memorex.com/html/support_search_faq_step3.php?qid=288

Maybe you should contact memorex support?

http://www.cdr-zone.com/reviews/usb...ravel_drive_u3_512_mb_flash_drive_page_1.html

I have been known to be wrong.

 

[Scotsdude]

if its a U3 drive, you will be unable to format that remaining space, as its presented as a cdrom read-only to the OS.

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Matt
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy

 

[ArizonaGeek]

Actually Matt, you can get rid of the U3 from the device but once its gone you can't ever put it back. There are a bunch of hacks to U3 just do a Google search for them, to remove U3 grab this file just make sure you want it removed. As I said, once it's gone you can never put it back. Here is a description of U3 courtesy of Wikipedia.

Cheers
Rob