I've read numerous guide and threads which discussed this matter, but I still can't use my USB drive.
No matter how and where I mount my USB drive (Kingston DTM30 64gb), it is write-protected (or read-only)
What I've tried so far:
- On Windows with
diskmgmtformat the disk. Failed as it's write-blocked. - On Windows with
diskpartselect the disk and remove the write-block attribute. Failed since the USB flash drive is only recognized as a volume and the option is not given for a volume. - On Windows (10 this time), with
diskpart(attributes disk clear readonly), succeeded but drive is still read-only. - On Windows with
chkdsk, tried to fix issues but couldn't due to write-block. - On Debian with
gpartedandfdisk, checked the flags and tried to format. Failed due to read-only mount. Also tried to re-mount as read/write with root, which also failed and mounted the drive again in read-only. - On Debian with
hdparmremove the read-only attribute. Succeeded, but was still read-only. - On Debian with
dosfsck, tried to fix issues with the filesystem, found issues but couldn't write changes/fixes. - On live Ubunut, repeated the approaches from Debian, all of them failed again.
Is there any hope for my drive or can I just bin it?
It's barely 1 1/2 years old and hasn't been used too heavily.
