How do you format/clean a write-protected usb?

[ShanaXXII]

I've tried formatting it with windows 7 formatting tool. There are no physical switch to make it un-write-protected. I've tried using DISKPART and cleaning it in command prompt and it still doesn't work-> gives me an error saying its write protected.

 

[lightcloud]

Right click over your USB icon and click on format. Then it has format option and click start format.


Hope this help.

 

[ShanaXXII]

Right click over your USB icon and click on format. Then it has format option and click start format.
Hope this help.

tried it, doesnt work.

 

[lightcloud]

Right click over your USB icon and click on format. Then it has format option and click start format.
Hope this help.

tried it, doesnt work.

This link should solve your problem?

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-687538-how-to-format-a-write-protected-usb-flash-disk

 

[spooky2th]

I just had the same problem with a 64GB USB3.0 drive. I downloaded a FAT32 format app that was supposed to be able to format drives larger than 32GB, in FAT32. It formatted the drive successfully but when I tried to use the drive again it was "write protected." Could not access the drive at all to do anything with it much less format it. The fat32 format app would not work either. I was thinking that I would have to RMA the USB drive but I thought just maybe, I had Acronis True Image and tried the "add new disk" option and it worked. Created a new MBR partition which could be accessed again.

Now the problem of formatting a larger than 32GB disk to fat32. I found this decent app and it handles formatting large partitions greater than 32GB in fat32 very well. Up to 2TB drives, supposedly.

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html

 

[ShanaXXII]

Right click over your USB icon and click on format. Then it has format option and click start format.
Hope this help.

tried it, doesnt work.

This link should solve your problem?

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-687538-how-to-format-a-write-protected-usb-flash-disk

Sorry, but thats not really what i was looking for. I want to make my usb able to format to whatever filesystem i want. I want it to be bootable etc.

 

[ShanaXXII]

I just had the same problem with a 64GB USB3.0 drive. I downloaded a FAT32 format app that was supposed to be able to format drives larger than 32GB, in FAT32. It formatted the drive successfully but when I tried to use the drive again it was "write protected." Could not access the drive at all to do anything with it much less format it. The fat32 format app would not work either. I was thinking that I would have to RMA the USB drive but I thought just maybe, I had Acronis True Image and tried the "add new disk" option and it worked. Created a new MBR partition which could be accessed again.

Now the problem of formatting a larger than 32GB disk to fat32. I found this decent app and it handles formatting large partitions greater than 32GB in fat32 very well. Up to 2TB drives, supposedly.

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html

Mine is just a regular Kingston 8Gb :\

 

[spooky2th]

I bet Acronis True Image will get your 8GB USB back usable for you.

 

[Alabalcho]

Sorry, but thats not really what i was looking for. I want to make my usb able to format to whatever filesystem i want. I want it to be bootable etc.

Depending on quality of your USB key, you can just throw it away...

 

[trekzone]

You could try this steps in diskpart

list disk
select disk x
detail disk
attribute disk clear read only

Hope that helps...

 

[ShanaXXII]

You could try this steps in diskpart

list disk
select disk x
detail disk
attribute disk clear read only

Hope that helps...

DISKPART> attribute disk clear read only
The arguments specified for this command are not valid.
For more information on the command type: HELP ATTRIBUTES DISK
did

DISKPART> ATTRIBUTE DISK CLEAR READONLY
Then went into windows explorer and tried to format it and it made it not respond

 

[ShanaXXII]

I bet Acronis True Image will get your 8GB USB back usable for you.

Acronis True Image?

 

[spooky2th]

Here's the official web site. Try the free trial.

http://www.acronis.com/

 

[ShanaXXII]

Here's the official web site. Try the free trial.

http://www.acronis.com/

are you sure this is what I need? The description doesn't sa anything about formatting a USB

 

[spooky2th]

You create a new partition of the whole USB drive with acronis true image. Then you are able to format it with windows or any other app.