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Unable to format usb stick

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Mar 15, 202620684 views
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Problem

I have 4GB pendrive. while trying to formatting, it gives Write protected message. The pendrive is not having write protection notch. I have tried is on Windows as well as on Fedora 13. & or ; nothing is working they are giving the same message that could not format write protected drive.

Error Output

Disk /dev/sdb: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes
90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes
Disk identifier: …

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Fix for: Unable to format usb stick

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You can use (where sdb is the device file of your USB stick) to turn the write protection off.

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