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ssd m.2 unable to format due to drive is write protected

Anonymous
2023-11-07T12:33:06+00:00

ssd is samsung 970 evoplus 1tb

ive done setting the registry editor to 0

also cannot format the disk on disk management because it is greyed out.

when i tried diskpart it shows like this..

DISKPART> attributes disk

Current Read-only State: Yes

Read-only: No

Boot Disk: No

Pagefile Disk: No

Hibernation File Disk: No

Crashdump Disk: No

Clustered Disk: No

it doesn’t change to no when i do attributes disk clear readonly.

done several restart after doing changes in diskpart and regedit, also doesnt show info on chkdsk /f /r /x

anyone knows what to do?

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  1. DaveM121 886.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-11-08T08:52:31+00:00

    I do not think that drive is repairable, but you could bring it to a PC Repair Shop to see if they can do anything with it, but I doubt they can.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-07T19:33:07+00:00

    in addition, this the first time i encountered a problem with this pc since last january 2022 when i built it.

    this the detail that i am confused about, it show different values whereas to my other disk and to my other desktop it shows the same value.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-07T19:06:18+00:00

    thanks Dave!

    already done that several times, but still no good,

    i cant format the ssd which is a year and 10 months old.

    when im doing a format, i always end up with the error code: 0x80042428

    i also tried with registry editor and create a new key for the storagedevicepolicies which i set to 0 value.

    i went on disk management as well, but the option to format the disk is greyed out.

    one thing i noticed is the disk attributes in cmd, it shows “yes” on read only state and “no” below that which is read only as well.

    i checked my other drives and it both shows the same value for the read only state and read only.

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  5. DaveM121 886.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-11-07T13:05:52+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    1

    How old is that M.2 SSD drive and have you previously had problems with that drive before you tried to format it?

    2

    Open Command Prompt as administrator.

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    diskpart

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    list disk

    (Make note of the disk number you want to wipe and enter it into the next command - replace X)

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    select disk X

    Run this command and hit Enter:

    clean

    Please provide a screenshot of that window.

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