Hello all,
I have a little technical problem which I can't figure out. I have a Kingston DataTraveler microDuo USB of 16G which I used between a computer and a Sony Z3 phone.
At some point the USB drive became Write protected. I say "at some point" because i did not remember having done any special thing to it. At this point it has "frozen" on it the data which I had at that particular time.
Steps taken with no Succes:
1. diskpart command ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY
DISKPART> det dis
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 USB Device
Disk ID: 00000000
Type : USB
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : Yes
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 4 I USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 14 GB Healthy
2. HDD LLF Low Level Format Tool
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.40; http://hddguru.com
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Low level format: [1] Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 PMAP [15.73 GB] (30728832 512-byte sectors)
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Device capacity: 30,728,832 sectors
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Locking device...
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Formatting...
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Format Error occurred at offset 0: 19 - The media is write protected
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Format Error occurred at offset 65,536: 19 - The media is write protected
3. Inserted the USB in the Sony Z3 and in the Storage menu in Settings, when selecting Format the drive it asks me for a PIN (Nor SIM PIN nor Phone Password works at this point)
At this point I'm am really convinced of having a USB stick with a hard switch for write protection as nothing can touch the data on it (maybe a hammer!
)
The question:
Have you encountered such a situation? Did you resolve and had the drive usable?
Why is there a Password PIN in the Android phone? (the USB stick does not have such a feature - Kingston product page confirms)
Thank you for your time on this!
All the best!
Bogdan
I have a little technical problem which I can't figure out. I have a Kingston DataTraveler microDuo USB of 16G which I used between a computer and a Sony Z3 phone.
At some point the USB drive became Write protected. I say "at some point" because i did not remember having done any special thing to it. At this point it has "frozen" on it the data which I had at that particular time.
Steps taken with no Succes:
1. diskpart command ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY
DISKPART> det dis
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 USB Device
Disk ID: 00000000
Type : USB
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : Yes
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 4 I USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 14 GB Healthy
2. HDD LLF Low Level Format Tool
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.40; http://hddguru.com
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Low level format: [1] Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 PMAP [15.73 GB] (30728832 512-byte sectors)
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Device capacity: 30,728,832 sectors
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Locking device...
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Formatting...
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Format Error occurred at offset 0: 19 - The media is write protected
11/13/2015 12:47:14 PM Format Error occurred at offset 65,536: 19 - The media is write protected
3. Inserted the USB in the Sony Z3 and in the Storage menu in Settings, when selecting Format the drive it asks me for a PIN (Nor SIM PIN nor Phone Password works at this point)
At this point I'm am really convinced of having a USB stick with a hard switch for write protection as nothing can touch the data on it (maybe a hammer!
)The question:
Have you encountered such a situation? Did you resolve and had the drive usable?
Why is there a Password PIN in the Android phone? (the USB stick does not have such a feature - Kingston product page confirms)
Thank you for your time on this!
All the best!
Bogdan
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram