i can't format my pen drive , showing write protected
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Rhyan Gabales
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- Apr 23, 2018
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goto cmd and run as admin
type where your device is located
example your drive is in F: type this F: and hit enter
next > attrib -s -h *.* /s /r
that should be done
goodluck
type where your device is located
example your drive is in F: type this F: and hit enter
next > attrib -s -h *.* /s /r
that should be done
goodluck
aut0matic
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- Apr 15, 2017
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This should work. I just saw it in a Google search, worked for me.
Click Start, type Regedit in the search box, click Regedit.exe to open the Registry editor when you see it is displayed at the top of the list. And then navigate to the following key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Double-click on the WriteProtect value in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click OK to save the change. Close Regedit and restart your computer. Connect your USB flash drive or pen drive again, and you should find the write protection is removed and the device is no longer write protected.
After that, you can now format the drive as normal by right-clicking on it in My Computer and choosing Format. "The disk is write protected" error message will no longer pop up.
Click Start, type Regedit in the search box, click Regedit.exe to open the Registry editor when you see it is displayed at the top of the list. And then navigate to the following key:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Double-click on the WriteProtect value in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click OK to save the change. Close Regedit and restart your computer. Connect your USB flash drive or pen drive again, and you should find the write protection is removed and the device is no longer write protected.
After that, you can now format the drive as normal by right-clicking on it in My Computer and choosing Format. "The disk is write protected" error message will no longer pop up.
nemfoz
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- Feb 14, 2017
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Have you tried through disk part ?
Open a command prompt on your PC and type:
diskpart
Then you type:
list disk
and you find the usb key, lets say it's number 2
afterwards you type:
select disk 2
followed by:
clean
And with this way you can go ahead and format it normally after it's finished
Open a command prompt on your PC and type:
diskpart
Then you type:
list disk
and you find the usb key, lets say it's number 2
afterwards you type:
select disk 2
followed by:
clean
And with this way you can go ahead and format it normally after it's finished
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Open it on a real OS like linux. Problem solved.
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request thread moved to the lounge
- Apr 25, 2011
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Probably one of the above options will work. To me it sounds like the drive is probably faulty.
Thread moved.
HoNeYBiRD
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There are several solutions above, if nothing seems to help, it can be that your Windows registry got corrupted. You can fix corrupted entries with a registry cleaner and see if that helps. Maybe try the above solutions once again after you ran the registry cleaner.
It also can be that the drive is corrupted and cannot be used anymore. If you used it a lot, it's probable. Flash drives have a limited life cycle too.
I think buying new one is the only working solution Thanks man