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Format Read Only USB FLash Drive
i have a Microsoft Kingston 16 GB flash drive which i would like to format.

Simple, right. I have tried Gparted, Acronis Disk Director, Paragon Hard Drive Manager, Active Boot Disk.

None have been able to format this USB Drive.

It is a Windows 8 Pro System Recovery Flash Drive by Hewlett Packard.

I would really like to solve this mystery.  User generated image
Edited out an illegal CD.

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Also try Rufus https://rufus.akeo.ie/
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these sticks do NOT have a read/write switch  -i have 4 of them before me
it does not have a drive letter, so if you right click on the drive, what options does it give you?

if possible -use initialise, or change drive path
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Right click  all options are greyed out. Except for properties.
It does have drive letter on other pcs except on my laptop, but the results are the same.

Already had tried Rufus and WinSetup from USB  before and failed.
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Then it has probably gone bad and turned to read only because of that. Get a new stick.
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icdl101 how are things going?
any results, or feedback?
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Guys i have tried all the suggestions and no positive results.
Even Diskpart Clean command returns: "the media is write Protected"

I will just forget about this Flash Drive and toss it in the bin.

I really appreciate  the time and effort contributed from all experts and i will share out points to all who have contributed.
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The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.