From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Lisa Kachold
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:45 AM
To: unixprgrm...@gmail.com; Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: USB Thumb Drive Issues?
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 5:53
Sometimes, you can simply wipe the drive then setup as normal.
dd if=/dev/zero of=usb drive bs=512k
It will wipe with zeroes until completed. Then your drive should be
clean. That will rule out whether there is a chip making it read-only or
the partitioning scheme.
I do this drive wipe every
Mike,
I had something similar happen to me several years ago when flash
drives were new. I went to the maker's web site and got the solution. I
really don't remember any details, like whether the solution was in a
FAQ or whether I had to email them. but it did work. I sort of remember
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, mike Enriquez myli...@cox.net wrote:
I have a 4GB PNY thumb drive that has issues? It has become Write
Protected. It is an Optima pro Attache. I searched the net and nothing
that I have found has helped me out.
Has any one in the group had this happen to them
Mike,
Copying your files to your home directory MAY perpetuate the problem to
other USB drives that you plug into that box, it depends on the nature of
the problem. If the problem is a virus there is good chance that it will.
If you want to do root cause analysis don't reformat your USB drive.
Mike,
Don't know if you have solved the problem yet but there are a few of ways to
view what is ACTUALLY on the drive. These all take advantage of the fact
that in UNIX all devices are treated like files and all files 'can' in most
circumstances... be treated like devices.
mount the drive and
I have a 4GB PNY thumb drive that has issues? It has become Write
Protected. It is an Optima pro Attache. I searched the net and nothing
that I have found has helped me out.
Has any one in the group had this happen to them and how did you remove
the write protection.
I cannot see any special
I would contact their support, I have heard of this being the i cant
write anymore so i am locking up so you can still get data. cant be
sure if thats whats happening to the drive. but they should have
something in support someplace.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, mike Enriquez myli...@cox.net
