USB Flash Disk write protected

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On my old Win 2k system I can Access my files on my USB Flash Disk, however
in Windows XP Home system when ever I try to change a file I get a write
protection error. Any assistance would be appreciated

Thank you very much,
Stephen Hill

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Not NTFS, however late last night I just got it to work. My flash disk has a
switch for Floppy mode or Hard Drive mode, as well as, write protect mode. If
I was 20 years younger I would have seen that itty bitty button on the other
side.

Thanks for the response,
Stephen Hill

"Bob I" wrote:

> Is this unit formatted NTFS perchance?
>
> Stephen Hill wrote:
>
> > On my old Win 2k system I can Access my files on my USB Flash Disk, however
> > in Windows XP Home system when ever I try to change a file I get a write
> > protection error. Any assistance would be appreciated
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Stephen Hill
>
>

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Thank you for posting back the resolution.

Stephen Hill wrote:

> Not NTFS, however late last night I just got it to work. My flash disk has a
> switch for Floppy mode or Hard Drive mode, as well as, write protect mode. If
> I was 20 years younger I would have seen that itty bitty button on the other
> side.
>
> Thanks for the response,
> Stephen Hill
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>Is this unit formatted NTFS perchance?
>>
>>Stephen Hill wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On my old Win 2k system I can Access my files on my USB Flash Disk, however
>>>in Windows XP Home system when ever I try to change a file I get a write
>>>protection error. Any assistance would be appreciated
>>>
>>>Thank you very much,
>>>Stephen Hill
>>
>>

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Actually I used this from HP:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/ [...] 20306.html

I have an HP at work but I also worked on my custom made pc at home and my
Flash Disk is a 32MB ASUS from my Black Pearl Motherboard.

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> I never seen a USB flash drive where you can format it as NTFS. Removable
> drives seem to not be allowed to be formatted as NTFS.
>
> Stephen, what make of USB drive? Some models offer a write protect mode
> (either software or a hardware switch.)
>
>
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23G6YcbXNFHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Is this unit formatted NTFS perchance?
> >
> > Stephen Hill wrote:
> >
> >> On my old Win 2k system I can Access my files on my USB Flash Disk,
> >> however in Windows XP Home system when ever I try to change a file I get
> >> a write protection error. Any assistance would be appreciated
> >>
> >> Thank you very much,
> >> Stephen Hill
> >
>
>
>