USB read only HELP!

MookJong

MookJong

MookJong

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Right, I followed some instructions online for installing Windows7 from a bootable USB stick. Anyway the long and short of it is that it didn't work and now my USB stick is stuck in read only mode with the windows install files trapped on it.

I cant format it, tried a few different tools suggested online but to no avail. The drive refuses to show up in most of these tools although I can still see it in Windows.

Here are the instuctions I followed:

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.
4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it.
So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
(Format process may take few seconds)
ASSIGN
EXIT
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Anyone got any ideas?
 
stick to dvds
and usb flash drives suck:P depends on the size you can probs pic another one up for around 20-30 pounds
 
Tried formatting it from Linux? That's worked for me a few times. Get a bootable Ubuntu disk, try formatting your flash drive from there.
 
Geckovich said:
Tried formatting it from Linux? That's worked for me a few times. Get a bootable Ubuntu disk, try formatting your flash drive from there.
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Booting ubuntu now in VMWare....fingers crossed.

EDIT: Ubuntu doesn't even recognise it as a drive and doesn't even show it up.
 
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