DominicD, thanks a lot for that link, I was able to download the app. installed it.. thou it was being slow especially on my windows 7.. but it seemed to want to work. After hanging for quite some time, it asked me if I really want to format the flash drive and that all data would be erased, I chose "yes" but unfortunately it told me that my flash is "WRITE PROTECTED" and it could not format it.. Please how would have my flash become write protected??? please is there any other thing I could do at this instance.. I really need to save this Flash DIsk... Really, thanks a lot for all your efforts...