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Sandisk Cruzer problem [solved]

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When I switched from Windows to MX Linux I backed up all the files I wanted to keep on to a 64GB USB. Once I'd installed MX (complete clean sweep of the hard drive, no other partitions) I then put all my files back on the computer.
Now I've made a few changes to files and wanted to back them up on to the same USB but it won't let me as it says that it's read only! The Sandisk secure access software that was on the USB is a win.exe file so won't run, just says it needs a Sandisk flash drive?
I just want to clear the USB and have it formatted so that I can use it for read and write operations as a portable backup, can anyone help please.

ps I used up all my computer skills just getting MX installed, no idea about writing code in terminal windows!
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#2 Post by chrispop99 »

Have you tried formatting it using Gparted? (Make certain that you have the correct drive selected if you try this)

Is a Windows machine available that you can try in in?

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Re: Sandisk Cruzer problem

#3 Post by PondLife »

Video showing formatting a USB using Gparted its easier than explaining how it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9zctyRP434

Note this is for Linux mint but it will work the same and you don't need to download it is in MX as standard.

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Re: Sandisk Cruzer problem

#4 Post by Eadwine Rose »

I think he wants to use the files that are on there as they are and replace as needed. Formatting would get rid of them.

You could copy all of them over to your harddrive, format the disk and put them back but I think you'll still have that read only issue.


Asking those more in the know: Would opening the disk as root work and then set the permissions of everything on there to the user, because that is what I think is the case here (everything is root only)?
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Re: Sandisk Cruzer problem

#5 Post by dolphin_oracle »

Stevefisher wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:42 am When I switched from Windows to MX Linux I backed up all the files I wanted to keep on to a 64GB USB. Once I'd installed MX (complete clean sweep of the hard drive, no other partitions) I then put all my files back on the computer.
Now I've made a few changes to files and wanted to back them up on to the same USB but it won't let me as it says that it's read only! The Sandisk secure access software that was on the USB is a win.exe file so won't run, just says it needs a Sandisk flash drive?
I just want to clear the USB and have it formatted so that I can use it for read and write operations as a portable backup, can anyone help please.

ps I used up all my computer skills just getting MX installed, no idea about writing code in terminal windows!
Do you know how the drive is formatted? (fat, ntfs, ext4, exfat?).
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Re: Sandisk Cruzer problem

#6 Post by Stevefisher »

Thanks for all the help guys, I watched the youtube video, found Gparted and formatted the USB, I wasn't bothered about losing the files as they'd already been transferred.
Once formatted the USB was OK for write operations so I've now got a current backup of all my files.

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#7 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Great! :) Can you mark the topic solved? (editing the first post you made and putting [solved] in the title there.
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Re: Sandisk Cruzer problem

#8 Post by Stevefisher »

Eadwine Rose wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:48 pm Great! :) Can you mark the topic solved? (editing the first post you made and putting [solved] in the title there.
Done

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