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‎11-18-2019 10:14 PM

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Product: Example: HP V220W
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)

While formatting the pen drive model number HP V220W 8GB, It is displaying the message "The disk is write protected".

In second case, My second hp pen drive is 32 Gb, model number v215b, it is not formatting. At the end of 98%,0it encounters error

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‎11-21-2019 09:14 AM

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@Issue32and16gb Welcome to HP Community!

 

Download the  USB Flash Driver Format Tool Ufix-V from this Link: https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6202-usb-flash-driver-format-tool.html. and extract the file and run it to format your Pen drive

 

Please note this is a 3rd party website and App


If the issue persists, please contact HP Support for a replacement Pendrive


Click on this link - https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true and select your Country to get the Contact details for HP Support

 

 

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