You should be able to SEE read-only files, I've never seen it otherwise. So I don't understand the problem. Two things that might be relevant are (1) many flash drives have a write protect switch, and (2) is it possible the flash drive is somehow damaged or worn out? They can wear out after a whole lot of use.Can you copy the files to your hard drive? If so, you should be able to remove the read-only setting by right-clicking and clicking Properties. However it sounds like your problem isn't really a read only setting or you should be able to at least see them. One final thought - you should always keep more than one copy of anything you don't want to lose because there are all kinds of undesirable things that can happen.Good luck.
You should be able to SEE read-only files, I've never seen it otherwise. So I don't understand the problem. Two things that might be relevant are (1) many flash drives have a write protect switch, and (2) is it possible the flash drive is somehow damaged or worn out? They can wear out after a whole lot of use.Can you copy the files to your hard drive? If so, you should be able to remove the read-only setting by right-clicking and clicking Properties. However it sounds like your problem isn't really a read only setting or you should be able to at least see them.
One final thought - you should always keep more than one copy of anything you don't want to lose because there are all kinds of undesirable things that can happen.Good luck.
It's read only flash drives to you. How to Add Write Protection to a Flash Drive The easiest way of write-protecting a flash disk is by purchasing one which comes with a switch made specifically for this reason. I've found lots of web help to remove write-protection - not much about how to. Here is no real read-only mode for standard flash drives today.
You should be able to SEE read-only files, I've never seen it otherwise. So I don't understand the problem. Two things that might be relevant are (1) many flash drives have a write protect switch, and (2) is it possible the flash drive is somehow damaged or worn out? They can wear out after a whole lot of use.Can you copy the files to your hard drive?
If so, you should be able to remove the read-only setting by right-clicking and clicking Properties. However it sounds like your problem isn't really a read only setting or you should be able to at least see them.
One final thought - you should always keep more than one copy of anything you don't want to lose because there are all kinds of undesirable things that can happen.Good luck. You should be able to SEE read-only files, I've never seen it otherwise. So I don't understand the problem.
Two things that might be relevant are (1) many flash drives have a write protect switch, and (2) is it possible the flash drive is somehow damaged or worn out? They can wear out after a whole lot of use.Can you copy the files to your hard drive? If so, you should be able to remove the read-only setting by right-clicking and clicking Properties. However it sounds like your problem isn't really a read only setting or you should be able to at least see them. One final thought - you should always keep more than one copy of anything you don't want to lose because there are all kinds of undesirable things that can happen.Good luck.