USB Flash Drive v210w 16 GB Write Protected

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Hi!

After one week of usage, my new USB Flash Drive v210w 16 GB appears as Write Protected.
Impossible to add a new file, delete an old file, even format the whole USB Flash Drive.
I tried various procedures described on forums, as
  • My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePoliciesWriteProtect > Value Data set to 0 
  • \devise\harddisk1\dr2

and normal formatting (Properties > Format) and low level formatting tools, as

but in vain.



What happened? How to resume using my USB Flash Drive normally?

I'm running a mini 311c on XP SP3.

Thank you for your help and best regards.

Other unsuccessful tools I tried
 Any idea?

I get help from hp support service.

The support technician suggested me to perform a disk format test with http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/sd_formatter.html.


It failed and prompted the message "Disk protected", so my USB Flash Drive was considered as dead.

So I went back to my reseller and proceeded to an exchange. The reseller wasn't surprised: according to him, big USB Flash Drives seems to be prone to this kind of malfunction.

I hope to be luckier with the new one!

 Hi!
I contacted hp support and got as an answer the name of a recovery utility Ufix.rar.  
Unfortunately, this utility doesn't recognize the v210w.
 
hp-branded flash USB cards are manufactured by PNY.
So I went to the PNY website and dug a little. 
Actually, the latest release is Ufix2v3. 

http://www.pny.com.tw/pny_en/download.asp
 
It worked and restored my USB card.
 
Windows and Mac OS format utilities seem not to handle correctly the USB flash card correctly.
Mac OS says there's a 16 GB drive mounted on an USB support. I can unmount the volume without eject the USB connection.

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