Disk is marked read-only no matter what i do (USB)

[jxmercer]

So i did some googling i did what all the steps said, but i keep running into the problem that the current state is ALWAYS read-only (as seen in the image) Also i failed to mention i'm running windows 7....

link of CMD lines and registry edit
https://gyazo.com/9a2283c0704e669cb2c9e1928469872e (tried with regedit set to both 1 and 0)

if it's needed this is the USB i have (or at least similar in design) https://www.amazon.com/GorillaDrive-64GB-Ruggedized-Flash-Drive/dp/B00GH18HW4

PS. thanks for the help you guys helped me build my first pc.

 

[jxmercer]

If you external USB drive is showing in Disk Management as RAW, it means that the file system got corrupted. I'd recommend you to take a look at these threads, since the users had a similar problem. I hope you find the resolution there, otherwise you might want to consider a professional data recovery company to retrieve your files.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/293310-32-flash-drive-recover-files
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/280932-32-hard-drive-recovery

This explained my issue and i'm working through a way to fix it...god this site is useful

 

[Solandri]

the current state is ALWAYS read-only (as seen in the image)

I've seen two main causes of this on USB flash drives.

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  ■Some program has formatted the drive in a way that Windows doesn't know how to deal with. I most often run across this with programs which make a bootable partition on your flash drive. (It also commonly causes your large flash drive to show up as something small like 1GB or 4GB, with Windows giving no option to restore it to its original size). There are a variety of so-called "low level format" tools which can clear this up. I use an ancient one HP put out nearly 10 years ago, but you can take your pick. I believe even the SD card formatter will work with USB drives.
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/
  https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-fix-usb-flash-drive-with-low-level-format
  https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
  ■The drive is dead. Many flash drives are designed to permanently put themselves into read-only mode when they fail. That way you can at least get your data off of them. If it allowed you to continue to write to it, your attempts to fix the drive could end up destroying your ability to read pre-existing data off of it.

With SD cards and micro-SD cards, there's a chance the read-only switch on the card got flipped. But USB flash drives have no such switch.

 

[mdd1963]

Any chance somewhat put read-only in a permissions table?

(Certainly, you should be able to quick format it and solve that, however...)