Sandisk 16gb pendrive is write protected how to format it

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briiksi - 3 Sep 2015 à 01:55
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   - 4 Sep 2015 à 02:46
hello sir,
I have a sandisk 16gb pendrive is write protected how to format itand reuse it can u give me sollution I tried to edit regedit bt its not possible now what to do plz give me solltution I have windows8 on my pc

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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   155
3 Sep 2015 à 02:30
Hi Briiksi,

I would recommend you to open the Command Prompt and use the Diskpart command. It should look like this:
Diskpart
List Disk
Select disk n (n is the number of the drive)
Attributes disk clear readonly
clean
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 (or ntfs, it is up to you)
exit

These commands should remove write protection and format your drive. Press Enter after every commnand. This kind of issue may indicate a pendrive problem. I strongly recommend you to check the device's functionality if you plan to use again. Keep a backup copy of the stored data.

Hope this helps
I also tried this.... Bt nothng any sollution
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   155 > brooksi
4 Sep 2015 à 02:46
Have you checked the pendrive on another PC? Try using the same methods to format it. Sadly, there is a chance that the drive is damaged. I would search for some formatting software. I hope that some other user will suggest you a good one.