How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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Re: How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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@Wiz57 Thanks for that. Within a few days I'll grab a Windows machine and try it. Will post results here.

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Re: How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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@tosim

have you tried something like
viewtopic.php?p=139754#p139754

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Re: How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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@williwaw Tried that-negative results. Even tried various iterations of e2fsck;all negative.Thanks.

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Re: How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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@tosim

Take a look at this link, in particular about mptools, see if anything there will help.

https://superuser.com/questions/1807433 ... ly-forever

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Re: How can I wipe a "Read only" flash drive?

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@wizard I tried a few things from that page, however, all negative results.
Thanks again for your help. Have to shut down for the day, back tomorrow.

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