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   XPost: alt.os.windows2000   
   From: chris_mayersblue@suedeyahoo.com   
      
   "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.   
      
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