Microsoft error "you can not save here please choose another location" when saving on usb

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ok so today i went to save a file onto my usb and then it came up with the above error. it will let me open files on my usb so its not corrupt (sorry if thats the wrong word for it). i tried saving it into different folders on the usb but still nothing. please help i need to save my homework onto it.

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Boogieman_WD

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Hey Scarci5. Are you referring to a USB flash drive? Do you have any important data on it, if yes (and you can access it), back it up. After that format the USB flash drive. And then run a chkdsk scan:
1. Login as administrator
2. Run CMD
3. Write the following without the quotations e.g. "chkdsk /F /R /X F:" (The F: is the drive letter you wish to check. The other stand for the following F/ fixes errors on the disk, R/ locates bad sectors and recovers readable information and /X forces the volume to dismount first if necessary)

Hope that helps. Let me know how things go.
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hello thanks for that but i have already tried it and it says that it is write protected. i tried going into safe mode and reformating it but still nothing. i also tried editing the registry and still nothing.
 
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Well I think this is a bit obvious, but I have to mention it just in case. Some USB pen drives have write protection switches, if yours is one of those, check if you accidentally switched it on. Another thing that you could try is this - Run CMD as administrator then write the following commands and press "enter" after each of them:
1. diskpart
2. list disk
3. select disk x (where x is the number of your USB flash drive)
4. attributes disk clear readonly
5. clean
6. create partition primary
7. format fs=fat32 (or ntfs instead of fat32)
and exit

I hope this works for you.
 
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Thanks but still when i did clean it says it is write protected

 
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Well I'm sorry to have to say this, but write protection errors often occur because the USB drive is failing mechanically even though you're still able to see your files in it. Try to reformat it on another computer, it's a bit of long shot, but it's worth the try.
I'd also recommend that you search for a recovery tool, because some manufacturers have that sort of software for their USB flash drives and it might help you with your issue.
 
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