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How can i protect my pen drive from getting formatted?

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hi,
Iam fed up of this problem which keeps happening again and again.Iam having a kingston make datatraveller 2gb pen drive.I have been using it since 1 year without any problems but within these 2 months my pen drive just got formatted or the contents are getting erased without any intimation or warning.This happened to me at least 5-6 times during these 2 months.I just wanna ask an expert taht are there any free downloadable softwares available on the net which when installed on to my pen drive can prevent it from getting formateed?if it is there then i wish i can load it onto my 40 gb usb hard disk also.Please somebaody help me.

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write protect switch

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purchase a usb flash with write protect switch..

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