Sandisk Private Access not working and USB stick is write protected?
Hello,
I have a problem with my Sandisk USB stick. I used Private Access, but then reset it, and recently the entire stick has been write-protected. All the instructions online are useless; every attempt produces an error message stating that formatting (as a workaround) is not possible due to the write protection. I can't move, delete, or add files to the USB stick, only copy them down. Does anyone know how I can format the stick or remove the write protection?
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Clearly, formatting is not possible – you have to delete the partitions and create them again.
If this does not go, the SAN disk software should prevent it => uninstall.
Thank you for your help! Don’t know me so well with the theme, but I guess with partitions you mean the files of private access on the stick. I can’t delete it. What do you mean with the Sandisk software? Also on the USB stick or on the PC? On the PC, for example, I have no sandisk software and on the stick only the following files: MedialD.bin, PrivateAccess_win and (file folder) Private Access data with “[…]Settings” and “[…]Vault”.
Oh, no.
“Partition” is a fixed term – just like “volume” (also called “drive”) or “data carrier”.
A volume can also extend over several partitions and thus over several disks.
Conversely, a disk can contain several partitions.
Open the disk management on Windows – you can see how it divides.
Standard under Windows would be “A Partition = A Volume”.
As long as the stick has no hardware encryption, a software is needed to access protected files.
This would also prevent, for example, formatting a volume/drive on the stick.
Windows itself does not prevent this.
I cannot click “Delete volume” in the disk management. “Format” is also not possible.