im using win7 and never had any problems with usb drives,before some days i tried coping some movies into usb and after i finished all movies when i wanted to copy some other files its saying Write Protected but it had no switch for on/off. any help would be great
there is no sharing option,i can play files which are on usb perfectly on pc and on dvd player but can;t copy new files or format it,it says its write protected
Tried but didnt work this way when i click properties there is no sharing option only General Tools Hardware Readyboost Customize where is this sharing supposed to be ?
What type of USB is it? At least for the small flash drive type ('memory stick') the firmware will switch the device into Read-Only mode when you just have exhausted all spare cells (to replace worn-out ones). Reading is safe so you are permitted to copy your files off before trashing it. Please note this is one possibility only. There might be other ones (a policy exists to set USB Read-Only, too).
tried both methos but didnt work,i dont know if its hardware issue or software,i still can play files on usb
other flash drives work fine,i also tried formating from ubuntu but same error it says Write Protected