Hp Usb Format Tool Write Protected
Sanny Olafeso
From the Scenario part, we can know that you cannot format write-protected USB drive in the way of formatting normal disks. Instead, you need to try the recommended tools below: Diskpart and AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.
If it is the corrupted file system that makes the USB write protected, you can try AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard to format the USB drive. This is a free but powerful disk formatting tool for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista computer, and it is able to format RAW USB drive as well. Now free download the write protected format tool and do as the instruction to format write-protected USB drive in Windows 11/10/8/7.
If the recommended format tools did not format the write-protected USB drive successfully as expected, there are chances that your USB drive becomes read-only for other reasons such as virus attack, file system errors, the wrong value of Windows Registry Key, etc. Then you need to take different methods to remove write protection from a USB correspondingly and format it.
Now, you can choose a proper write-protected USB format tool from the recommendations based on your situation and requirements. In fact, AOMEI Partition Assistant is far more than a write protected USB format tool, it is also an SD card repair tool, hard drive eraser tool, MBR repair tool.
If you upgrade to Professional edition, you can use it as an SSD optimization tool to significantly optimize the reading and writing performance of SSD drives. To format hard drive and manage disk partitions conveniently in Windows Server, please try AOMEI Partition Assistant Server.
I ordered a bunch of 1GB usb drives from a semi-shady Chinese company. Most of them work just fine, but a couple of them won't let me format them because they are "write-protected." There is no write protection switch on the device. I have exhaustively tried the following:
You can try using Mass Production tools to reprogram the microcontroller in your USB Flash Drive. However this procedure varies for all USB Flash Drives. Most Mass Production tools are used to repair USB Flash Drives or to add or remove CDFS Partition; Some of these MP Tools can also be used to add/remove write protection.
I have successfully used MPTools on Transcend Jetflash USB Drives for various purposes such as flipping the removable bit or adding a cdfs partition. The MPtool for JetFlash USB Drives is called AlcorMptool and this MpTool has the option to flip the removable bit. Another reason why I feel comfortable to use JetFlash USB Drives is because it can be fixed easily if something goes wrong.
Then your drive is corrupt and needs the internal chipset S/W to be flashed, i.e. repairing the USB software. The steps below will lead you to get a small program to run on your USB memory-stick which is specific to your MANUFACTURER (make) and PRODUCT (model). If you don't want to go through the headache of the manufacturer's technical support then do it yourself as follows:-
It worked for me for my Kingston Data Traveler flash drive. It didn't work with all the common options for fixing the USB drive having "write protected", but the above solution I found after hours and hours of searching online and asking my computer-geeks colleagues.
To further expand bbalegere's answer, what I did that completely fixed my exact problem as yours was I used ChipGenuis to figure out what the controller vendor is. ChipGenuis will also tell you the contoller part number which you can use to find the correct flash tool for your exact model of flash drive since there are a lot of tools for a specific vendor.
Click on FILES, then on the right side, find the correct vendor. Mine was Phison. Click on the vendor, and that should bring up all the flash tools available for the vendor. Luckily for me, they had a flash utility tool that was able to reformat the flash drive for me. I also tried every option you did, except for the sacrificial offering - I did not have a goat handy and my dogs are just too damn cute. After spending hours, this is the only thing that would work for me.
It's highly likely that all your drives are in fact "fake" - they either report a larger capacity than they actually have, they use substandard factory-rejected flash chips, or both. This is extremely common: in fact, it's virtually guaranteed that any unbranded flash memory bought from China is going to be bad. (I've even got bad name-brand SD cards from "trusted" Amazon sellers.) The only way to guarantee that you're getting a good product is to buy from a reputable reseller (Newegg, Amazon (and not a third-party "marketplace" merchant), etc.). Even then, it's a good idea to run h2testw on it before you use it to store files.
Hello to all. First, let me mention that my forensic computer skills are average at best. Having said that, I think I should pass along something that happened to me, earlier today. It may help just a few of those that are experiencing this write-protected problem. First, a tad bit of background.
I am using SanDisk Micro SDXC memory cards in one of my MP3 players, and also in one of my drones. As in standard practice to some of you, and in order to either add MP3 files to my MP3 player or if I want to download video files from my drone, I use an adapter in order to size the micro card up in order to fit the slot in my desktop tower. I have 2 of these adapters.
On a whim, I removed the micro memory card from one adapter, and put it in the other. Bingo, I was able to add the MP3 music files with no problem. So, it seems that at least in my particular case, the adapter itself was causing the problem. It should go without saying that the offending adapter is now in File 13. Thank you for reading.
1.) At the time, I had 2 SanDisk Micro SDXC memory card adapters, that would have been originally included with my purchase of SanDisk Micro SDXC memory cards.
2.) On a particular day, I used one of the adapters, along with a SanDisk Micro memory card, and inserted it in the available slot in my desktop computer, in order to add some MP3 music/songs. Everything went find; songs downloaded correctly.
3.) A few days later, I repeated this process, but for some reason, my desktop would not allow the download, with a popup window informing me that the memory card was write protected. I removed and reinserted the micro memory card/adapter into the desktop slot several times, and I also removed and reinserted the micro memory card in the adapter several times. Each time afterwards, I got the same popup window, stating that the card was write protected.
4.) After researching this problem online, with no solutions that appeared to work for me, and on a whim, I removed the micro memory card from one of my adapters, and inserted it in the other adapter.
5.) Presto, the popup window did not appear, and I was able to download my music, just as I had been able to do a few days earlier. Obviously, I discarded the adapter that APPEARED to have caused the problem.
I will rightfully admit, I am not dealing with a USB related issue, but I did come across this post as I was trying to get a solution to my particular problem. So my friend, my question to you is; what is your problem with my response?
"Recently, my Kingston USB pen drive suddenly became inaccessible and required formatting. But when I tried to format the disk, I got the error message saying that the disk is write-protected and Windows was unable to complete the format . So, how can I remove the write protection from my Kingston USB drive? Is there any third-party Kingston write protected USB format tool that can help?"
There are two usual ways to help you identify a digital device that is currently write protected. Sometimes, you'll hear the other term called read only, which is pretty much the same when trying to use the storage.
The write protection issue happens now and then. It prevents you from accessing the pen drive to delete, add, copy, or modify your files. To continue using your device or format the drive without problem, you'll need a write protection removal tool in Windows 10/8/7 to unlock the device.
Here, you can directly download a USB write-protected removal tool to automatically clear the lock state or make some efforts with the manual ways of CMD and Regedit editor. At last, download the best USB format tool provided by EaseUS software for free and apply it to format the write-protected USB drive instantly.
Applies to: average computer users who are not familiar with the Windows Command Prompt; for the purpose of removing write protection easily and quickly, with no chance they make mistakes.
CMD command line in Windows DOS is one of the solutions to repair and fix write-protected memory cards or flash drives. Working as a write-protected usb format tool, it can help you format Kingston pen drive and remove the write protection within simple steps.
Step 3: Double-click on the "WriteProtect value" in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click "OK" to save the change. Close Regedit and restart your computer.
Once the write protection has been completely removed by using the Diskpart command or Regedit method, you can feel free to format your Kingston storage device with Kingston format utility to easily format it as a new one.
The tool that can help you is EaseUS Partition Master, a reliable partition tool in the market to help manage disk partitions by formatting, deleting, creating partitions, etc. You can also apply it as a write protected USB format tool to make your Kinstong USB flash drive work normally again.
I have a 4GB HP USB flash drive that I had written a Chromium OS image to with Win32DiskImager. Now I am trying to reformat it but I can't. Everything tells me the disk is write protected. Being a USB flash drive, there is no write-protect switch. I have tried the standard windows format thing, disk management, diskpart and HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I also tried the registry modification. Any ideas? Here is the results of trying to use diskpart:
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