From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: October 24, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Write protected .... Watch?
>
> Leo,
> I have a usb flash drive built into my watch. Problem is is
> that I can no longer write to the drive. I can view it and
> copy files from it though. I tried to format it but it gives
> me a write protection error. Know anything else I could try?
Actually I'd check the documentation for the watch, if you can.
Quite often USB drives have a physical switch specifically to
prevent accidentally writing to the device - in otherwise a
write-protect switch. Sounds like yours may have gotten switched
by mistake.
Good luck!
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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