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  1. How to fix read-only usb drive? - Ask Ubuntu

    Feb 10, 2018 · I have read-only usb drive and could not fix it. I have read some articles about it and tried to fix but I couldn't. I unmounted drive and used dosfsck to check and repair MS-DOS filesystems, …

  2. USB stick appears as "read-only file". How can I make it writable?

    Oct 25, 2017 · Can't format my usb drive. I have already tried with mkdosfs and gparted 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 …

  3. Read Only usb stick that won't let me do anything to it

    Aug 28, 2011 · So if the file-system is read only those do not work. What you need to do is to mount the file-system as writeable. Some USB sticks have a switch on the stick to mount them read-only. …

  4. [SOLVED] - USB keeps changing to read only | Tom's Hardware Forum

    Jun 8, 2020 · and now i tried to get it back to be my regular USB stick, but it keeps switching to "read only". I am pretty trained with going into diskpart and switching it back, but then i can transfer maybe …

  5. mount - USB devices showing as read only - Ask Ubuntu

    Dec 21, 2014 · I am using Ubuntu 14.04. I have an 8gb FAT32 USB stick and a 500gb FAT32 HDD; both of these have suddenly become read only devices. I've tried deleting the directory inside /media …

  6. Cannot copy to USB - every USB stick is read only (16.04)

    Sep 18, 2016 · Every USB stick I plug in is read-only and I cannot copy files to it. Here's what I've tried so far. I've formatted each one to either FAT32 or NTFS, quick and detailed format in Disks and …

  7. usb drive - How to change read-only pendrive? - Ask Ubuntu

    After the dosfsck command get completed.Remove the USB pen drive from system and then re-attach back to system.Now your USB pen drive should working and it should not have read only filesystem.

  8. How to make read-only file system writable? - Ask Ubuntu

    At some point, the filesystem on my digital audio player has become read-only. I cannot copy files into it or remove files on it. Are there some possible reasons for the player's file system to ch...

  9. How to fix external hard disk READ ONLY? - Ask Ubuntu

    Aug 16, 2013 · I have got an external hard disk TOSHIBA 1TB USB 3, the permission is always READ ONLY. fdisk -l (output) : Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, …

  10. How do I copy a file larger than 4GB to a USB flash drive?

    Sep 4, 2017 · Different scenarios and files systems are examined looking for alternatives taking into account the file size problem which operating systems that should read/write the USB drive Linux …