helen Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago (edited) I have a problem with a kingstone 256gb 3.0 usb stick. I cannot format or repartition it or delete the files (which I can see, in fact they are videos and I can see/sense them) but I also have a zip file I cannot unzip. I can copy them to my pc and nothing more. I don´t have any on/off switches that block file writing/deleting. Until a few minutes ago after using many programs my pc detected the pen but I couldn´t see the files anymore then I used rufus and now I can see the files I use windows 10 64 bit can I do anything to delete all the files, repartition the pen and then be able to recover it then reactivate the write mode? Thanks Edited 12 hours ago by Matt Added space between the paragraphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose-gr Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Try this: https://tails.net/doc/reset/windows/index.en.html It helped me many times, let me know if this solved your problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagels Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216152/usb-disk-read-only-cannot-format-turn-off-write-protection This means that your USB stick is failing - it is inadvisable to continue its use after recovering the data on it to another storage device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted 4 hours ago Author Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) @Jose-gr 13 hours ago, Jose-gr said: Try this: https://tails.net/doc/reset/windows/index.en.html It helped me many times, let me know if this solved your problem Nothing DISKPART> clean Diskpart Error: Unable to execute request due to I/O device error. For more information, see the system event log. Edited 4 hours ago by helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neofita Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I'd try to zerofill the drive, with a low-level utility like BOOTICE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago @neofita humm I used to use similar live linux for very old hhd's and formatted them to low level. i already used an app but it didn't solve anything. now i'm going to try this app recommended by you (it doesn't cost me anything) although i'm starting to think that it's these models of kingstone usb that came out defective from the factory. i have another one also with 256 gb of another brand fortunately never had any problems with this kingstone instead i find many posts of people with similar problems I will let u know 🙂 10 minutes ago, neofita said: I'd try to zerofill the drive, with a low-level utility like BOOTICE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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