XPost: alt.os.windows2000   
   From: bcoryell@chesco.com   
      
   ChrisM wrote:   
   > "Christian"  wrote in message   
   > news:42ien2hut50ufhm7flc5eg9cf68h6rvscq@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >>Hi folks,   
   >>   
   >>after happily using a series of removable USB storage-devices (CF- and   
   >>Smartmedia-cards from various brands, an MP3-Player (Aiptec) and a   
   >>Sony-branded USB-Stick), I  recently lost the ability to write files   
   >>from any Windows 2000 or XP-based machine to the Sony Memory stick   
   >>(all other devices just work fine). Whilst trying to write to the   
   >>Sony-device, Windows (XP or 2k) is saying that the disk is   
   >>write-protected, even though there is no write-protect-facility on the   
   >>USB-Stick. The error message appears on any machine running XP/2000   
   >>when trying to write/delete files or when trying to format the device.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > You're quite sure about their being no write-protect? The Sony memory stick   
   > that I used to have had a little tiny switch to do that...   
   > If it definitly doesn't have one, I guess it is corrupted somehow. One thing   
   > that sometimes works, is to put the memory stick into a different device   
   > (phone/camera/PDA ...) and trying to format it with that... That is only a   
   > suggestion though, and I take no responsibility if it causes you problems   
   > with your phone/camera/PDA/ or whatever...  !!   
   >   
   > Cheers,   
   >   
   > Chris.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I think the general rule is to format the memory stick or chip in the   
   device that you will use to write to it.  If you're taking pictures,   
   format it in your camera.  If you're transferring files, format it in   
   the PC, etc.   
      
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