Pen Drive stucked in read only state

[broer]

Hi everyone,

I was formating my pen drive (Kingston SE9, 64GB) using quick format in Windows to NTFS. Something went wrong during the format, because the drive is unusable now:

I am not able to format the drive again due to this error:

I checked the drive in disk manager and it shows only unallocated space with read only status:

So I tried to remove the write protection via Diskpart:

However, nothing actually changed. I also tried to perform low-level format, but it is not possible to finish it due to the stucked write protection.

What should I do to save my pen drive? I don't need to retrieve any data from it, but I want it back to the functional state.

Many thanks in advance for any advice.

Jakub

 

[WebBeachBoy]

You need to repartition the disk first before you can format it. You should have this option in Disk Manager. Otherwise I suggest that you use Partition Magic (free download) which is a lot more powerful. Make sure that you repartition the pen drive and NOT your hard drive !!