Remove Write Protection (USB Drive)

Hi,
I am not sure if this is the write place to post this message if not then please tell me where to :) I have a 2GB EMTEC U3 Smart Drive USB Device (PEN DRIVE). It is write protected, I want to remove write protection. Please tell me how to do it. I have tried to look for it on the internet but nothing seems to be working I tried changing registry but that too didn't work. Can't make any changes to the drive.Can't format it cant copy or paste. Please give me a detailed reply with all the possible solutions for this problem.

Thanks,
chinu

This seems to be a common problem when the USB pen drive goes bad. One of my friend has to throw away a pen drive (16 GB) which had the same problem. He can not format it nor write new files nor delete any files on it.

If you have warranty for this pen drive, I suggest you to return for warranty replacement.

There is no switch to turn of the protection. This is an old usb drive which I wasn't using for a while because of the same reason. I was thinking of using it as a ready boost so wanted to format it. I don't actually know how and when this started.

Alright I'll try that :)