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Repair a write-protected USB key on ubuntu

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Hello, I would like to thank all the members of this forum before asking the following question:
how to repair a write-protected USB stick on Ubuntu?

Configuration: Windows / Chrome 64.0.3282.119

3 answers

  1. Anonymous user
     
    If there is nothing important on it, I would have reformatted it... Otherwise, we need to change the permissions to be able to access it for reading/writing!
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    1. serup
       
      She is not important, but I tried to change the permissions and it didn’t work on Windows.
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    2. Anonymous user
       
      Under Linux, you can right-click on the USB drive (in Caja, the file manager), go to "Properties."
      Go to the "Permissions" tab, then change the owner (by setting it to the user...)!
      All of this with root privileges, so you need to open the terminal, type 
      sudo bash
      , enter the password, then type 
      caja
      .
      Normally, it should work!! Have a great weekend!
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  2. Anonymous user
     
    Hello,

    “a USB drive writeprotected”, what is it?
    How does it work? Or not?
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  3. jns55
     
    Hello,
    Try this:
    Launch gparted (install it if necessary), display the contents of your USB drive (be careful it’s probably sdb). Create a new msdos partition table and then create a fat32 partition that occupies all the space.
    Don't forget to finalize by clicking on the Apply button.
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    1. serup Posted messages 3 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Thank you for your participation.
      Ultimately, I was able to format the drive on Windows by right-clicking on <PC> then <Manage> <Disk Management> and finally right-clicking on the drive and selecting the <Format> option.
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