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Old 18th August 2008, 03:17 PM
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Default Re: Write protect error in my 1gb moser baer pen drive

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Regarding the write protect error, I believe its a common symptom for fake USBs. These are ones which say they have large capacity, but the seller placed a much smaller capacity chip. In your case, its possible that the pen drive's REAL capacity is only 256MB! Even the OS is fooled into thinking its a large capacity USB drive.

I saw some Sony branded USB's with a capacity of 32GB a few months ago. They are obviously fake.. but I do wonder how many people fell for them.

Be wary when buying USB's from sites like ebay
ash how to check whether a usb is fake or not
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