Windows 10: A possibly dead USB drive taking up 100% active time that cannot be accessed or reformatted

So, I have an interesting problem that I cannot quite figure out how to deal with it. Let's get started:To give some background here: Disk 6 is a portable USB drive that contains Ubuntu which explains E:, F:, H:, and I: drives' existence. K: drive is a "general" folder that can be accessed by both Ubuntu and Windows 10. This thumb-drive had been plugged into my PC for quite a while before it one day spontaneously failed which I assume would be months ago, I'm not even sure anymore. Fortunately there isn't too many important data inside it so I don't mind reformatting it to make it function

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How to reformat USB Recovery Drive

Part of the commands and results were missing from the image.

Open adminstrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
diskpart
list disk
select disk #
(replace # with the disk number for the flash drive)
attributes disk clear readonly
exit


If the above steps work then you are set.
If the above steps fail then view this link for additional troubleshooting steps:
How to Format Read-only USB Drive Successfully?

 

Reformatting the c drive

Hi,

To better assist you with your concern, we would like to know the following:

• What the exact error message that you're getting when you try to reformat your C: drive?
• Why do you want to reformat your your C: drive?
• What troubleshooting steps have you taken to resolve the issue?
• Did you make any significant changes to your computer prior to the issue?

We look forward to your reply.

 

Accessing a Hard Drive...

...from a dead laptop.

My girlfriend's laptop recently s**t the bed, and she has a lot of photos she would like to retrieve from it. I used a USB to IDE cable to try, but it's a no go. Her drive has Windows XP Home on it, and my system has Win7 x64. The computer recognizes the drive, but it wants me to initialize it, which I think may format it.

I don't know if it's formatted FAT32 or NTFS. Are there any suggestions on accessing the drive to pull all this data off of it?