Bruinator 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted May 12, 2021 Supervisor Share Posted May 12, 2021 Just to be sure, have you checked to see if there is a hardware switch for write protection on the key? Bruinator 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinator Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Just now, Nick H. said: Just to be sure, have you checked to see if there is a hardware switch for write protection on the key? none that i can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted May 13, 2021 MVC Share Posted May 13, 2021 What is the specific key.. Make and model? If its write protected - no you wouldn't be able to format it.. The whole point of write protection Protecting from being written too, or overwritten, etc. Bruinator 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpifIcan Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Is this one you purchased or one that came from other source. There are USB keys used as security for software and protection of diagnostic work that are hardware writ protected. Bruinator 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I've had usb flash drives give me write protected issues in the past when they should not have. Turns out the drive went bad. goretsky, Bruinator and +Warwagon 2 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinator Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, adrynalyne said: I've had usb flash drives give me write protected issues in the past when they should not have. Turns out the drive went bad. That is my guess too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagum Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Sometimes the disk has the readonly attribute set. Open diskpart from command prompt and type: DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk # DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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