USB card read only problem
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Tried reformatting using HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool available from [http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml Softpedia]. The tool hung and could not be stopped with nothing happening. | Tried reformatting using HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool available from [http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml Softpedia]. The tool hung and could not be stopped with nothing happening. | ||
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Tried reformatting card using [https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ this tool] but did not work (stuck at 75). | Tried reformatting card using [https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ this tool] but did not work (stuck at 75). | ||
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Just checking the disk using the [http://www.authorsoft.com/usb-disk-storage-format-tool.html "USB Disk Storage Format Tool 5.3"] cured my SDcard's read only problem without having to format. Must install in all machines. | Just checking the disk using the [http://www.authorsoft.com/usb-disk-storage-format-tool.html "USB Disk Storage Format Tool 5.3"] cured my SDcard's read only problem without having to format. Must install in all machines. | ||
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+ | [https://www.getvladimir.com/usb-format-tools.html List of tools] | ||
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+ | Sometimes toggling the protect switch and pushing the card into a card rather than USB read port seems to have worked [http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/How-to-remove-READ-ONLY-option-from-Dual-USB-Drive/m-p/364430#M13197] |
Latest revision as of 06:05, 5 December 2017
Tried reformatting using HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool available from Softpedia. The tool hung and could not be stopped with nothing happening.
Tried reformatting card using this tool but did not work (stuck at 75).
Just checking the disk using the "USB Disk Storage Format Tool 5.3" cured my SDcard's read only problem without having to format. Must install in all machines.
Sometimes toggling the protect switch and pushing the card into a card rather than USB read port seems to have worked [1]