Windows 10: Windows 10 Retail Flash Drive Installation Media Removal of Write Protection

Discus and support Windows 10 Retail Flash Drive Installation Media Removal of Write Protection in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; As many are aware Microsoft has been shipping out flash drives with installation media on them, and that they are write-protected from the factory. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by DeVonDallmann, Sep 29, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 Retail Flash Drive Installation Media Removal of Write Protection


    As many are aware Microsoft has been shipping out flash drives with installation media on them, and that they are write-protected from the factory. I have not seen any other thread with any helpful information on it, so I decided to make my own thread. After tearing down one fo them, I discovered that they use Phison branded chips that are write-protected on a low level. However, this does not mean that it can't be bypassed. There are tools out there that allow you to do a low-level restore of these chips and make it so you can write to them I won't post links because they aren't official in any regard, but I have tried one called Phison Format & Restore from a site called "usbdev", and can confirm it does work. With these tools, you can write to them until you remove them from the host device, meaning you can update the Installation media's version to 2004 or whatever version you desire heck you can put a Linux installer on there if you want. I'd appreciate it if anyone could share any more reputable tools like this one for doing this type of low-level removal of write protection on these flash drives.

    :)
     
    DeVonDallmann, Sep 29, 2020
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  2. Fernandz Win User

    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!
     
    Fernandz, Sep 29, 2020
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  3. USB flash drive write protected

    How can I remove write protection on a USB flash drive?
     
    Rev. Carl Bowers, Sep 29, 2020
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  4. Hanzuku Win User

    Windows 10 Retail Flash Drive Installation Media Removal of Write Protection

    Windows 10 retail usb remove write protection

    I'm wondering if there's any way to remove the write protection on the retail windows 10 usb, the installed version is out of date and makes ryzen-based systems too unstable to update. I would like to install a more up-to-date version of windows 10, as
    it is otherwise unuseably out-of-date.
     
    Hanzuku, Sep 29, 2020
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