USB Stick won't format, read only

[Jaffa_Cakes]

My friend gave me his 64GB USB stick to format, however whenever I try and format it, Windows says that the disk is write protected. I've tried the regedit method and the diskpart method also to no luck. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[derek3ton]

Try this...

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/how-erase-write-protected-usb-drive-or-sd-card-3456666/

 

[Jaffa_Cakes]

Try this...

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/how-erase-write-protected-usb-drive-or-sd-card-3456666/

Thanks for your suggestion:
1. I tried editing the registry, same issue
2. When I use disk part:
- The clean command throws up "DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information.
- The format command says there was a disk service error: the media is write protected.
Any more ideas?

 

[derek3ton]

Did you do a system restart after the edit?

 

[derek3ton]

If it still don't work, maybe give it back to him and tell him to go in and take the write protection off.

 

[Jaffa_Cakes]

If it still don't work, maybe give it back to him and tell him to go in and take the write protection off.

Did try a system restart, nothing.

I might have to do that, he only gave it to me because he couldn't get the write protection off...