So I wanted to install Windows 8.1 on my USB but I saw that I need to format it so I tried to format it but it says unable to format or something like that (Btw its Kingston's DT101 G2) I checked on internet and i tried every one they gave and none of it worked so I said ok im gonna try with my older smaller USB (I'm not sure what brand it is , it's some random USB) but that one for some reason has Write Protection on it and then I tried to look up on the Internet i tried one in regedit and one in cmd . What i found is that when in cmd i type ATTRIBUTES DISK it says : ReadOnly State-yes , ReadOnly-no . I think that it's write protected beacuse of That readonly state . I wanted to know if anyone could help with any of these USB Drives
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Open a command prompt in elevated mode, and then run DISKPART. Then run these commands.
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk (id) - make sure you choose the correct one
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
Charles Burge
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Some USB sticks have a mechanical lock against writing, a small switch on the stick. Make sure it's not set to lock.
Aganju
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I had a USB drive that did this, while I tried to install Windows 7. Take my advice with a grain of salt since I'm new here but I just binned mine because I tried everything. Even the diskpart command and it didn't work.
