Deconstructing a write-protected USB Flash drive

Today, I tried to deconstruct a write-protected USB device to locate a switch that would re-enable the device. Here's the method.

Deconstructing a write-protected Kingston DataTravelerMini USB Device.	Weapon of choice: Clean Fucking Knife.
Using CFK, we start deconstructing by finding the weakest spot in its sturdy blue armor.	A successful deconstruction method should give us something like this. Not something like this.
That would make my Wiki-ed method of "write-enabling a USB" a great fucking failure.	With so much trial and errors I decided to give reformatting a try.

Using Access Check, I know I have access to do whatever I want with the USB device.


Yet, still.

If you have the same USB model and problem like mine, do not use this method. It's not the solution. I could only suggest you buy the "switched" ones next time. I will.

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How to enable a write-protected USB? Pt. 2

This could be it! The answer to "How to enable a write-protected USB?" when low-level formatting and shifting OS amounted to none and CD-r King was unprofessional enough to even acknowledge my inquiry.

I'm going back to the time when having a cassette tape was cool. Weekend agenda is to deconstruct the write-protected flash drive to see


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive

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How to enable a write-protected USB?

No. No buttons or switches in the USB Flash. It was last used in an internet cafe. Both Windows and Linux(Ubuntu) could not format the disk.

Second question in my mind that would be helpful in solving my problem is: How to change access/permission in a write protected USB flash?

This post should be crawled in by robots from all the WWW's search engines.

MESSAGE IN A BLOG: To all technical guys, please do type the keywords(from my questions) and provide solutions. I'll be googling ang yahooing until I get this fixed.

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