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how can I reuse s USB drive that was used as backup for windows
System is Win 10 home (21H1) running on Toshiba laptop.
External HD is a Simpletech USB drive with 177Gb on it.
I have upgraded to a 2TB SSD drive (again, USB) to keep backups on - both for convenience and the added room.
The PROBLEM:
I would like to put the old Simpletech drive to some kind of use, or maybe donate to someone else, but I can do neither until I figure out how to get the old backup data OFF!
Deleting doesn't work.
Trying to remove "read only" attributes doesn't work.
Even trying to reformat it didn't work.
I keep getting "write protected" errors.
I even walked through the tutorial about how to remove write protect from a drive (not the Regedit one) - no change.
I have found that I can create and delete things on the little bit of remaining space on the drive, so the drive itself is OK. It's just that the majority of it is set aside for the backup files and I can't do a thing about them,
I'm certainly no pro, and I'm definitely stuck. There's probably a simple answer but I sure don't know what it is.
Anyone have the time to lend a hand?
Thanks In advance.
Steve