How to Remove Write-Protection from an OEM USB Drive?

I got a USB drive from HP with Windows 10 as a recovery. I'm trying to remove the write-protect on it and tried many ways but I cant. Is there a way to do it?

RolandJS said:

I'm a Windows 7 user, there is a switch to [un][click] buried in Control Panel --> Device Manager --> properties of usb device; however I have no idea how to do that in Windows 10. I'm making ZyKLon's post into a text file for future use; let us know that his post worked for you, thanks!
ZyKLon, is there a similar script for clearing Write Protect from other devices? What is the command to activate Write Protect? I will make text files of your answers with "ZyKLon/w10f" at the top of each one.

Hello RolandJS
Command to activate Write Protect is ATTRIBUTES DISK SET READONLY

Disk Write Protection - Enable or Disable in Windows

ZyKLon said:

Hi yahanna
Please try this:
Open a command prompt AS ADMIN
type DISKPART press <enter>
type LIST VOLUME press <enter>
type SELECT VOLUME X, where X is the volume number you want to remove the write protect from.
type ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY press <enter>
you will see a prompt that the write protect has been removed
type EXIT press <enter>
That's it and Good luck!

I did all that. After I entered, "ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY", I didnt get a prompt stating that the write protect has been removed. But the command prompt stated that disk attributes cleared successfully.

But when I tried to format the USB drive I get a pop up window stating that its still write-protected. Do you have any other suggestions?

yahanna said:

I did all that. After I entered, "ATTRIBUTES DISK CLEAR READONLY", I didnt get a prompt stating that the write protect has been removed. But the command prompt stated that disk attributes cleared successfully.

But when I tried to format the USB drive I get a pop up window stating that its still write-protected. Do you have any other suggestions?

Please look at this Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows 10/8/7

Sorry but doesn't work on 14393 OS build, only on 10586 OS build.

Could the drive be ROM-based with no flash chip to write to?

Check for a switch. Otherwise give Ufix a try. It's applicable to PNY and HP flash drives (Ufix-III is the version with Win 10 support)

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Note it reformats the drive so everything will be lost. As it's a recovery drive, wonder if HP intended it for read-only