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I picked up a handful of thumb drives from a client that went to a trade show. I’m sure they are hardware locked even when gparted won’t delete the partition or format the drive. Anyone found a way to unlock these? They would be nice to recycle for linux installs.
It is probably possible. Try opening them, and look for any write protect switch or chip. If not, this may help http://www.spotht.com/2010/08/how-to-for…
