F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop I created the flash drive as a recovery drive, but it's now marked as write-protected and won't let you format it again.

I created the flash drive as a recovery drive, but it's now marked as write-protected and won't let you format it again.

I created the flash drive as a recovery drive, but it's now marked as write-protected and won't let you format it again.

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hugojulia
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07-13-2025, 06:49 PM
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Flash drive functioned properly for a short while. I used the "Recovery Drive Creator" app in Windows to convert it into a recovery drive, but now I can't access it. When attempting to format the drive, I receive the error "Disk is write protected." I've tried all methods—diskpart, downloaded easeUS partition manager trial—but nothing works. The disk details show it's online with no read-only state, but formatting still fails.
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hugojulia
07-13-2025, 06:49 PM #1

Flash drive functioned properly for a short while. I used the "Recovery Drive Creator" app in Windows to convert it into a recovery drive, but now I can't access it. When attempting to format the drive, I receive the error "Disk is write protected." I've tried all methods—diskpart, downloaded easeUS partition manager trial—but nothing works. The disk details show it's online with no read-only state, but formatting still fails.

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Sunahh
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07-20-2025, 08:13 PM
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It seems the drive stopped working suddenly, which is common for flash drives that become read-only before failure.
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Sunahh
07-20-2025, 08:13 PM #2

It seems the drive stopped working suddenly, which is common for flash drives that become read-only before failure.