SanDisk Drive write protected

Detonate said:

Video with diskpart:
Video_22-11-09_08-31-41.mp4 - Krakenfiles.com
1) Flash Drive SanDisk
Amazon.com
2) 16 gb
3) No, only format!
4) Screenshot with Disk Management (L is my USB Flash Drive - Only in reading)
https://i.imgur.com/K5soj9u.png

Try the format:
Video_22-11-09_08-42-28.mp4 - Krakenfiles.com
Result: The disk is write protected

StorageDevicePolicies
https://i.imgur.com/vQCP4qK.png

Clean in DiskPart
https://i.imgur.com/9BUdZwn.jpg

I have watched videos - drive is dead - end of story.

erpster4 said:

if it were so, then OP should get a new sandisk flash drive in store, not online at amazon nor ebay
then junk that broken sandisk drive

many of the Sandisk UFDs that I purchase at local electronic stores haven't failed; some of the old sandisk flash drives that I have bought many years ago are still working. I never buy such flash drives online

It is true that stores will only sell genuine articles and hence have a better chance of long term life but in the end, it is still random.

I just go for best deal online accepting risk but never use the devices as permanent storage. I only use them mostly as installation drives, rescue drives and temporary storage to transfer files from one pc to another.

If one fails now and then, I bin it and buy a new one. I am still miles ahead in terms of cost as stores are often double or more of online price and my failure rate is less than 10%.

I have several old ones 2-4GB.

Not much use but still big enough for a Macrium Reflect Rescue drive.

erpster4 said:

if it were so, then OP should get a new sandisk flash drive in store, not online at amazon nor ebay

Such a conclusion is not justified on the basis of any known facts.


All the best,
Denis

thanks guys, after reading this thread with the same problem on a 16gb sandisk drive i decided to stop wasting time, copied the data and went to bed.... its an old stick and my time is precious