write protect HP v236w 16 GB pen drive wont format

[HasnainRaza]

Sir I purchased 2 HP v236w 16 GB pen drive before 4-5 months before but now its not supported and not working any system. so kindly help me. what can i do sir. Also give me service center  which nearest janakpuri or nehruplace in new delhi.

Regards

Hasnain

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[Echo_Lake]

@HasnainRaza

Welcome to HP Forums,

This is a great place to get support, find answers and tips,
Thank you for posting your query, I'll be more than glad to help you out 🙂

I see that sound does not work after you restart your PC,
Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, however, to provide an accurate resolution, I need a few more details:

• Are you getting any error "Disk protected "?

While you respond to that, I recommend you to perform the following steps to isolate the issue and arrive at a fix:

Part 1: Make sure that the drive has a drive letter assigned in Disk Management.

• Open Computer Management by right clicking on Computer and clicking Manage.
• Click on Disk Management. Give it a moment to open the view of the drives installed.
• Look for a drive that does not have an assigned drive letter and is not labeled as System Reserved.

Note System reserved drives are reserved by Windows and will not allow you to assign a letter.

• Right-click the unlabeled drive and click Change drive letter and paths…
• Click Add and then click OK to select the first available drive letter.
• If the Change drive letter and paths… option is not available, make sure that the drive is Online.
• If the drive is Offline, right click the disk number and click Online.

Part 2: If the drive has a letter assigned and it still does not work, uninstall the driver.

You can safely remove any USB drivers that are not in use (hidden drivers). Devices that get plugged in later will simply reinstall its needed driver again.

• Remove the pen drive from the computer if it’s attached.
• Right click Computer and click on Properties. In the System window on the left side, click on Advanced System Properties.
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on Environment Variables… button at the bottom.
• Under System Variables, click on the New… button
• Type this in the box that pops up.

        Variable Name: devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices

        Variable Value: 1

• Click OK on all the open windows to close them out.
• Go to Computer Management again and click on Device Manager. Go to View at the top of the window and click on Show Hidden Devices.
• Click on the drop down arrow for Universal Serial Bus Controllers to open the list.
• Look for any USB Mass Storage Device that is hidden (greyed out) and delete it. There may be several and it’s ok to delete all those hidden USB Mass Storage Devices.

When you connect the pen drive to the computer again, give it a minute to reinstall the driver.

Keep me posted for further assistance.

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