You might have set it read-only without intention. This might be caused by some help system or competing system, so it is worthwhile to try according to this list, The drive is read-only: I do not mean that there is a read-only file system, but that the drive is readable but not writable (like a CDROM or DVD). It is usually enough to wipe the first megabyte, the megabyte at the head end of the drive.
In this case you can simply 'wipe' part of the drive (overwrite with zeros). The term 'drive' can refer to a USB pendrive as well as a memory card (and the memory card can be connected via a USB adapter or a built-in slot in the computer).Ĭonfusion: There is some data in the drive, that makes the partitioning tool confused, to think that the drive does not work. Memory cards and USB pendrives have the same kind of hardware inside, so the same methods are relevant to both kinds of devices.
