It's locked by design.
It's locked by design.
You're experiencing a registry error that prevents Windows from installing properly, despite the drive being only two years old. The installer reports the disk is write-protected. Since you're okay losing data and have access to both Linux and Windows media sticks, you can try using the Linux side to run commands that might unlock the disk. Let me know if you'd like guidance on that approach.
You experienced a failure with your 970 NVMe drive. Consider returning it for repair or purchasing a replacement.
You might try Linux to format the entire drive using a disk manager. I’m confident it can simply erase it. If you’re determined, issue the command in Linux to overwrite the disk with zero, targeting the device you wish to clean from residual data. This process will be time-consuming, so consider it a final option. As for your question, it will overwrite all data on the disk, setting it to zero and creating a fresh start, though not a pristine new state.