Windows 10: Can't remove pendrive "readyonly" attribute !

I have a 8GB Kingston pen-drive that refuses to be formatted. I noticed that it's write protected and tried to make it usable again, but nothing works. First I tried DiskPart as follows...

... but after all it remains protected !

I also added a key to registry to avoid disk write protection as follows...

... but again I still cannot use the USB disk !

Please...

Any suggestions ?

*cry

:)

 

" SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

SO HERE'S THE LINK TO THAT PIC

http://i26.tinypic.com/2ihbdco.jpg

CAN U PLZ CHECK IT ACTUALLY I HAVE USED THE NOKIA SOFTWARE UPDATER B4 ... BUT I DONT KNW WHY I M GETTING THIS ERROR NOW

 

" SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

i have installed windows xp sp2

previously i was using windows media center i thought i might b facing this probs due to that but then i changed it to windows xp ! n moreover i have also shown to nokia service center executives but they were not having the latest updates available ......
my pc suite is showing that new update version of firmware is available but i cudnt download it

oh gawd wat to do ?

i tried in another pc then again i got an error u need to have minimum 256 ram

please cant it b rectified ? there must b any solution to this probs please help me guyz

god bless all of u thanx

 

I haven't tried it so I don't know if this will work or not. How to erase a write-protected USB stick and format a write-protected SD card - PC Advisor

 

Thanks for answering but that's what I had tried already ! Still no go ! *Sad

 

Here's another possibility. mUsbFixer - Remove write protection for usb and disc drives

 

Have you tried formatting it on another machine?

Or if you have another USB drive create a Linux Live USB (Ubuntu or Mint) and try your luck with it. It doesn't cost anything but only a little of your time. *Smile

 

Thanks for the tips. I'll try !

Here are pics of what I've been playing in the registry.





1) When I change the value of "USBSTOR/Start" from 3 to any other value the pen-drive doesn't appear in "My Computer"
2) Changing "STORAGEDEVICEPOLICIES/WriteProtect" from 1 to 0 doesn't resolve. I still can't format it.

 

Thanks for the tips. I already tried another rig, but the Linux idea is nice !

Here are pics of what I've been playing in the registry.





1) When I change the value of "USBSTOR/Start" from 3 to any other value the pen-drive doesn't appear in "My Computer"
2) Changing "STORAGEDEVICEPOLICIES/WriteProtect" from 1 to 0 doesn't resolve. I still can't format it.

I'm gonna try to format it under Linux now !

 

What's the specific model? Data Traveler?
Tech Support Search | Kingston Technology

Is there a write protect switch on the thumb drive?
Was the data encrypted?

I had a ext WD that often required a chkdsk to clear the read only bit. The most success was running a read only check disk - no options

In an elevated command prompt, or even better from a external boot (install disk), run chkdsk <drive letter>
in disk management , Action menu -> Rescan disks
right click the disk for the thumb drive.
select properties
press the Policies tab
clear the checkbox for enable write caching on this device
tick Turn off windows write cache buffer flushing
Press the [OK] button

Kingston has an online chat - maybe they have a good idea - chat is free! Only certain times though.

 

It's a Kingston DataTraveler 8GB. I bought it a month ago and the problems started suddenly a week ago. I'm gonna try your suggestions. Thanks !