[BozemanLUG] Removing Write Protection from USB

[Scott Dowdle]

Rob,

----- Original Message -----
> I have a Windows 10 installer flash drive that I won't to wipe & use
> as a flash drive. Windows does not want to allow removal of write
> protect. I tried using disk part unsuccessfully. I hear there is a
> registry change that could work but that just seems like I would be
> working harder than needed.
> 
> So, I have to assume Linux won't give a rat's rear end about MS
> protections and could probably do so quicker. So could any of you
> point me in the right direction for using Linux to regain the flash
> drive? A utility or application or something even simpler?

It was designed to be read-only and can not be re-written to.  I've run into one of those before.

TYL,
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