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PNY 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Grey/Black Questions & Answers
Pen drive not working what I do
If the pen drive is not recognize in any PC, that's it, it's damage and there is no way to recover anything from the pend drive, sorry. Being there.
Write protected PNY 4GB USB
Go to Start
Click Right mouse button on Computer
Click on Manage
Click on Disk Management
In the Right Panel of the drive you wish to fix
Click Delete Volume
When Volume is deleted
Click Create Volume
Follow the steps
For small drives use Fat32 not NTFS
NTFS is not portable between XP and Win 7
You may also have a virus.
Writeprotected
Plug the flash drive in your computer.
Then go to the Cmd Prompt, RunAs Administrator,
Then type Diskpart >
To list all the available Disks, type List Disks. You will see all the drives listed with a number ID. So the flashdrive might be Disk 3, or whatever.
Now type Select Disk # (whatever the flashdrive # is)
Now type Attributes clear readonly.
Now type Exit, to leave the diskpart applet
That should do it.
How can i format writeprotected pendrive
To
disable the write protection:
1.From the Start menu, click "Run", type "regedit", and press <Enter> or click <OK>.
2.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > StorageDevicePolicies.
3.Double click on "WriteProtect" and change the value to 0 (WriteProtect = 0 for disabled; 1 for enabled).
4.Close the registry editor and restart Windows.
5.After Windows starts, test writing to your USB drive.
Important Note:
Serious problems might occur if you modify the Windows registry incorrectly. **PLEASE** make sure that you follow these steps *exactly* and *carefully*. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it in case you have trouble so it can be restored.
For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, follow the steps as in the KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/
How do i remove write protection from usb pen drive
You have to be the computers administrator to change any values on any hard drive on your computer click start control panel user accounts on the users tab click the name of the computer administrator you must have full control click start click to open on my computer you should see your usb drive could be E: or something right click select properties there will be an array of options select the sharing tab option then advanced sharing make sure you have a tick in the share this folder box then click permissions make sure you have all 3 boxes ticked full control changes and read in windows 7 click start control panel user accounts click on the administrators account if you have made one or you will have to create one in windows XP click start right click on my computer select open Right click the icon of your usb drive (It should be E:/ or something) Click Properties in the menu that comes up Click the Sharing tab Click permissions And finally, click Allow next to Full Control. if you need more help with this post a reply Hope this helps.
Usb problems, request format
This is a common request by Windows, so be careful as to not delete files. Try testing on another device that can read it, before you are forced to format
Re-using a flash drive
click start click on my computer you should see your usb drive
right click then select format
another way is to control panel administrive tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select format
formatting will remove all data stored on your usb drivehope this helps
Decrypt files on a mac
Maybe there is a version of the software you used to encrypt that is compatible with mac ?
Hidden objects
click start control panel scroll to folder options view place a tick in show hidden files folders and drivesthis may vary depending on your operating system hope it helps
Externel harddisk is formated, repair it
click start control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes
automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now start
you might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive
I found that you get best results by ticking one box then returning after it has finished then tick the other box
if still no joy
Right click on usb drive select properties you will have an array of options
Select the hardware option then select your drive properties policies
restore defaults
In XP
Right click on your drive select properties then on customize restore Default in W 7
If you need more help with this post a reply
hope this helps
How can i take the bitlocker off my PNY 4GB flash drive?
Windows version like XP.
There are 5 steps to remove BitLocker Drive Encryption from removable drive. Here are the steps.
- Open Control Panel then click on BitLocker drive encryption link.
- On the nest window, click Turn Off BitLocker link on your removable drive or USB flash drive.
- Next, the BitLocker Drive Encryption window will appear, click on Decrypt Drive button to start the decryption process.
- The decryption progress takes some minutes to finish, so wait until the process completed. Do not plug off your removable drive during the process.
- After the process completed, a message box appears, tell you the decryption process was completed. Click on Close button to close the window.
right click on your 4 gb usb drive select turn of bit locker in W7
hope it helps you
How to format this flash drive to work in my Bernina 200E Sewing Machine
click start click on my computer to open you should see your drive
right click then select format
another way
click start control panel administration tools computer management disk management right
right click on your usb drive select format
if you need more help with this post a reply
hope this helps you
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