Windows 10: Can't fix USB drive with diskpart

I'm trying to format a USB drive but I can't because the computer doesn't see it. So, I go into diskpart, I select the USB drive, and the clean command just throws an "Access is denied" error over and over. I'm running powershell as an admin.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

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bootable USB drive?

in dos:

diskpart
list disk
select disk # //where # = your usb drive
create partition primary
select partition 1
set active
format fs=fat32 label="whatever"

 

Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

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?