USB Thumb drive, Protection

[Steve]

How do I remove write protection from a USB thumb drive? Files on the
drive, which I don't need, are not archived.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

It's likely that you have failed to notice a very small slider on the side
of the thumb drive, to write protect it. A lot of people have failed to see
that.

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[Steve]

Can't find slider on any of my thumb drives, only one of which is
"write-protected".

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

You can 'take ownership' of the files. If you have trouble seeing the
Permissions button on the Properties, you can boot to safe Mode (F8 on
restart)
Access is Denied Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder - Permissions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/810881
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[Uwe Sieber]

How do I remove write protection from a USB thumb drive? Files on the
drive, which I don't need, are not archived.

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html#write_protected