Betts1964 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Hi, I am not sure how my USB flash drive received a write protected status as there is no locking switch that i can see, tried formating the drive via windows 10 format and Aesus formatting software and neither worked. Does anyone know of a sure way to format a usb flash drive? If yes, plz let me know. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnoid Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Its not unknown for a partial hardware failure to make a USB thumb drive write protected or are you talking about spinning rust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldwolf Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 It means the flash chip error, so fix it using some tool or buy a new one. Nowdays most usb flash driver use TLC or QLC chip, P/E cycle is very low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco_jambo Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Hey, you could try booting up a live Linux distro (for e.g. Ubuntu) and use GParted from there. Maybe GParted will be able to format it For creating a bootable Usb Drive i recommend Rufus (but keep in mind that the Usb used for this will be erased) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapciu75 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Most of the time USB pendrive with "write protected error" means that we should throw it away to garbage. Probably we will waste more time trying to recover it than going to a shop to buy a new one. ilcorsaro73 and Betts1964 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zteph2000 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) Try this: Tails - Resetting a USB stick using Windows (boum.org) Once helped me ! HAVE FUN ! 🙂 +ZtEpH2000 Edited June 13, 2021 by zteph2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilcorsaro73 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 3:26 PM, kapciu75 said: Most of the time USB pendrive with "write protected error" means that we should throw it away to garbage. Probably we will waste more time trying to recover it than going to a shop to buy a new one. I confirm from experience when windows tells you that the key is write protected, it is to be thrown away, however, try this method first To solve this, it was enough to create a new registry key, apply it and restart. I don't know if it would have worked with the keys sent back, but I write the solution below. Open notepad, paste the following text Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ StorageDevicePolicies] "WriteProtect" = dword: 00000000 File-> Save As-> When choosing "file type" choose all, save with the final name ".reg" wherever you prefer. Once saved, double click on the file you just saved, accept everything and restart. It should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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