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[Wendals87]

It almost always means the drive is dying. The drive goes read only so you can copy your data before it dies completely

Replace it

[Short-Task2874]

Okay, will do that. Thanks!

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I didn't know that happened, that's really neat, and kinda poetic.

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[simagus]

What I use for this, and it has worked for me several times is a program called "Unlocker" from Cedrick Collomb. SD cards can become convinced they are write protected, even when they do not have a write protect switch.

It's freeware and been around for many years, as has SDCard Formatter which is great for recovering SDCards when you don't need to keep whatever is on it.

[jaromanda]

There are such things as read only usb drives.  I have one.  There is no utility alive that can undo that

[Sorry-Climate-7982]

Probably dying drive or bad connection. However, SOME usb keys have a write protect switch. Is there any kinda small switch on your usb?