USB drive read-only issue
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Good evening,
I have a problem with my USB stick, it's a 16GB USB stick, it is write-protected (read-only), and I don't even know how this happened.
I can't do anything at all, not even copy data or delete anything from the USB stick. I have still made some attempts to remove the write protection using some utilities in Windows, but to no avail. I tried with "regedit" and I scrolled through the categories to "StorageDevicesPolicies" and I modified the value of "WriteProtect". I restarted my computer, reconnected the USB stick, but it's still the same, the stick is write-protected. Then I tried with "diskpart", the registry editor; here's what I did: "disk list/select disk x/attributes disk clear readonly". Then to verify that the write protection was indeed removed, I typed the command "attributes disk" and it says "current read-only state: yes". So these manipulations didn't work, what should I do? I have tried everything, your help would be welcome, thank you.
Best regards
Nation57000
I have a problem with my USB stick, it's a 16GB USB stick, it is write-protected (read-only), and I don't even know how this happened.
I can't do anything at all, not even copy data or delete anything from the USB stick. I have still made some attempts to remove the write protection using some utilities in Windows, but to no avail. I tried with "regedit" and I scrolled through the categories to "StorageDevicesPolicies" and I modified the value of "WriteProtect". I restarted my computer, reconnected the USB stick, but it's still the same, the stick is write-protected. Then I tried with "diskpart", the registry editor; here's what I did: "disk list/select disk x/attributes disk clear readonly". Then to verify that the write protection was indeed removed, I typed the command "attributes disk" and it says "current read-only state: yes". So these manipulations didn't work, what should I do? I have tried everything, your help would be welcome, thank you.
Best regards
Nation57000
1 answer
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ModeratorHi,
Install Kill Disk Suite Free
Unplug and replug the USB drive and use the Kill option
If that doesn't work, you can try again on another PC.
