Windows 10: How to remove disk write protection from USB created with Windows Media Creation Tool?

After using the Windows Media Creation Tool to burn an installation image to a USB memory stick, the device is marked as Read Only.It is not possible to format the device, delete the partition or otherwise make it re-usable. Since I don't have any need for that particular Windows installation image but I do need to create a new installation image, I want to erase the drive and write the latest installation image to it.Working as Administrator,Format does not workDiskpart, clean and diskpart attributes disk clear readonly do not clear the read only status of the drive.The write protection does

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USB Disk is write protected

Do any of these links help?

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/the-disk-is-write-protected-windows

How to remove write-protection of USB

http://www.technipages.com/fix-the-disk-is-write-protected-errors

Or:

1. Start > Run -> type CMD and press enter

2. type diskpart > enter

3. type list disk > enter

4. type select disk # (# is the number of the USB HDD you’ve plugged in )

5. type attributes disk clear readonly

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

Unable to create Windows 10 bootable media using media creation tool

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern, as you are trying to create a Windows 10 USB bootable media for your new computer and we appreciate you for providing us the information and the screenshot. In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly,
please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the free space on the USB?
  
• Are you trying to perform a clean installation or an upgrade on the new computer?
  

However, we would suggest you to refer the steps point by point as mentioned under
“Using the tool to create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) to install Windows 10 on a different PC”,
in this website:
Download Windows 10 and check if you are able to create the bootable media.



We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator