Simon, I'm trying to wipe it, i'll try the command and i'll let u know how it goes.
Thanx in advance. On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:44 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you trying to clean it (save/restore files) or wipe it (destroy contents)? > > If it's the latter, use dd > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX > > On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 12:19:34PM +0300, byekwaso wilson wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> Hope your all good. A user handed to me a flash disk like a week ago >> it had a virus and he asked me to help them clean it out, but I cannot >> delete anything on it from my Linux box and so from a Windoze machine, >> it tells me the flashdisk is read only. It doesnt have read only >> switch a(i have checked more than once to confirm this and confirmed >> with the owner as well). I tried formatting it from the terminal as >> root but no luck either it still told me its Read-only. I have googled >> and got some Windoze tools said to solve such a problem but none of >> them has worked so now i throw it over you. Any ideas?? If it helps >> the Flash disk is a Transcend. >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> -- >> Wilson >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > -- > Simon Sekidde > gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- Wilson _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
