Learn how to format a write-protected USB pen drive or flash drive or SD card on Windows 11/10. Remove Read-only attributes using diskpart.

I was recently having an issue with write protection on my USB drives using Windows 7. I was attempting to create a custom slip stream image for Windows XP booting from a USB flash drive.

I just got my Autodesk Inventor 2012 update on a really nice 16Gb usb key. Conveniently I just lost the key I carry so this would make an excellent replacement. The only problem is that it is ...