The disk is write protected / USB thumb drive

[mcvickj]

Kingston Data Traveler 1 / 1GB

I used a program called WinToFlash to copy my Win XP Pro CD to the thumb drive so I could reinstall Windows on my netbook. Apparently the copy process failed because when I try to boot off the thumb drive the system starts beeping at me. 😵 So I was going to format the thumb drive and try the whole copy process again but I get the error message "The disk is write protected" I have tried everything I can think of to format this thumb drive. I have also tried to format the thumb drive under Linux. Any ideas how I can remove the read only from this drive?

 

[Kenmitch]

Not sure if what all you tried so far....But maybe try this http://techsalsa.com/solution-to-remove-write-protection-from-usb-pen-drive/

 

[mcvickj]

Success! The Neo 9 tool was able to get past the write protection and format the pen drive. Thanks for the link Kenmitch.