Current read only : yes

[KaranYadav1]

Have tried many suggestions to clear this.

Using DISKPART can clear read only for files but drive remains "Read Only"


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.885]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart.exe

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.17134.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: YY162239

DISKPART> list disk



Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

Disk 0 Online 931 GB 3072 KB *

Disk 1 Online 223 GB 1024 KB *

Disk 2 Online 28 GB 0 B

DISKPART> select dis 2

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> attrib dis
Current Read-only State : Yes
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No

DISKPART>


USB does not have a physical switch for read only..

Makes it impossible to reuse disk.


If you run the "Clean" function in Diskpart you get an I/o error.

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