XPost: alt.os.windows2000   
   From: chris_mayersblue@suedeyahoo.com   
      
   "Bruce Coryell"  wrote in message   
   news:4577fa06$0$3348$1e6826b@news.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.   
      
   Yes, totally good advice for general use. What I'm suggesting though is that   
   if the device seems to have got corrupted in some way, and 'Device A' is   
   having problems reading it properly or even formatting it. Sometimes, can   
   re-format it in 'Device B' then put it back into 'Device A' (and possibly   
   format it a second time). This can sometimes cure the problem...   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Chris.   
      
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