Flsh drive cannot be formatted..pls help

[getyourjayaram]

I can't write any files to and delete any files from my 1GB flash drive. Even i cannot format. it says"disk is write protected.." . This has happened just 2 days back.It was proper before.Is there any way I can get this problem solved?

[codename_romeo]

Try the software provided with your flash drive to format it.