How to format write-protected USB flash

Slartybart said:

Good point jumanji.

Kurdman, please identify the USB device. I asked in post# 23 - I'll only ask twice.

Thanks.

That website had problem so the only way I could think about was to use the Speccy tool, hopefully it gives you the info. Except for those, I don't know how to identify what you want.

@Golden: Which of course from the security perspectives we should not.

dear Britton30: The problem is not concerning about data. Please read the thread from beginning.

Golden said:

Fair enough. Still, if I use https, I dont get the error you do - perhaps something in your browser?

All chrome, IE and Firefox browsers report security problem with that site. For example this is from firefox:

Kurdman said:

@jumanji: That thread and this one are two different subject completely. I think you know that. And about your post there, as I said there, I'm thankful than you about that grate tool you introduced me, but, among thousands files it could only recover about 10 files. Nonetheless, I said and say thank you.

Ok, so in the earlier thread it was an 8GB MicroSD card that became write-protected.

Here it is an 8GB Silicon Power Pen drive. Again it became write protected.

Should we connect these two as related events or view them as separate incidents that could have happened by coincidence is a matter of concern.

Do you have other pen drives and do those work as usual on your PC?

What about this 8GB pen drive? Does it function properly on another PC?

Now reverting back to your MicroSD card, I didn't answer your thanks-giving post :), merely because that answer is not going to help you in any way.

If everything was OK except that it was write-protected ( due to other reasons being not the end-of-life syndrome) your card should atleast be readable. I had clearly indicated that that there seems to be a lot of already corrupted files and that is why Windows was trembling and tumbling. If PhotoRec could recover only about 10 or so files, that is it. All other files were so corrupt that even PhotoRec would not recover. There is only one other recovery program that I know of, that works with zero assumption and that is ZAR - Zero Assumption Recovery, Data Recovery Software, Solutions, Tutorials, Forum - ZAR Data Recovery but only digital pictures recovery in it is free. Even if you buy the full licence, I doubt it could have recovered more than what PhotoRec did. Then you would curse me. That's why I kept quiet.:)