I have some 4GB flash drives that came with software, that I want to repurpose rather than throwing them in the trash. I'm not sure if there is a way to break the permissions on these to be able to do it though. I have tried the basic steps, but I have not been able to accomplish anything.
Disk Management:
Shows as a CD-ROM. It shows that all memory is being used. It shows Healthy (Primary Partition). The area is hash marked. I'm assuming it is that way because it is protected?
If I right click on the that drive, I can Open, Explore, Change Drive Letter or Path, Properties, and Help. I cannot format it through here.
Diskpart:
this drive does not show.
Command Prompt:
I can get to the drive and get to folders by using cd and navigate to some files, but when I try to delete any file, it comes up with "Access is denied".
Can a USB flash drive be locked down to where there is no way to use it other than Read Only for their software?
Disk Management:
Shows as a CD-ROM. It shows that all memory is being used. It shows Healthy (Primary Partition). The area is hash marked. I'm assuming it is that way because it is protected?
If I right click on the that drive, I can Open, Explore, Change Drive Letter or Path, Properties, and Help. I cannot format it through here.
Diskpart:
this drive does not show.
Command Prompt:
I can get to the drive and get to folders by using cd and navigate to some files, but when I try to delete any file, it comes up with "Access is denied".
Can a USB flash drive be locked down to where there is no way to use it other than Read Only for their software?