Hi AustinIt might be that the permissions aren't set correctly. Try going into the drive's properties, Security tab, selecting "Edit", and making sure "Allow Write" is checked.
Apart from there being a physical switch on the device to toggle this on and off, I'm not sure. Further more, it could depend on the OS in use.
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Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 5:31 AMTo: A general technology discussion list ; access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. ; keyboardusers ; list ; sayeverything Subject: [access-uk] problem copying files to a pendrive the disk is write protected
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