formating error

[gaunt ginkgo]

hi so when i try to edit files on my usb drive it says i dont have permission and when i format it it says format not complete or somethin like that i looked in properties im the owner with full perms please help

[merry heron]

It's either corrupted or there are weird leftover partitions

[silver berry]

i’ve heard of some drives having a “read only” physical switch, may want to look at it and see. if not, go to CMD > diskpart > list disk > sel disk [] > clean

[merry heron]

Or GUI in Disk management

[silver berry]

yeeeep. if that doesn’t work then cmd will

[gaunt ginkgo]

u mean to say go to cmd and paste diskpart > list disk > sel disk [disk letter] > clean

[gaunt ginkgo]

i dont get it

[gaunt ginkgo]

i did this nothing happened

i tried editing files in other usb drives

and i cant do anything

in anyone of them

[merry heron]

No, not quite

[merry heron]

It's an app in Windows

[merry heron]

Oookay, then something else is probably screwed up

[foggy hawk]

What is the exact make and model of USB drive? Link to an online store where you purchased it / it's available, if you like.

[gaunt ginkgo]

Idk I don't remember when I purchased it but it happens with every single usb device even an external ssd

[gaunt ginkgo]

Can u please help me figure it out ?

[merry heron]

I'm thinking what could have caused something this catastrophic

So, quick recap:

1. When you plug any drive into any USB port...
2. ...the drive is read-only for your user profile...
3. ...and the drive works properly on other computers
   Is that right?

[gaunt ginkgo]

yes

[merry heron]

Okay, try creating a new local user profile (via Settings → Users) and see if the drives work from there

[gaunt ginkgo]

should i use the same microsoft acc?

[merry heron]

No, I specifically said local user profile

Aka offline, not tied to a Microsoft account

[gaunt ginkgo]

I think I messed up big time

@merry heron

It says I need to format it before I can use it but

It won't let me format it

How do I get that

What do u want to do with this drive pop up

I think I figured it out

[merry heron]

Yeah so it's screwed

[gaunt ginkgo]

I selected the view files option now it's not letting me edit

But I think if I select the first one

Then I can edit

Files

Atleast in my external ssd

[merry heron]

Sooo this is from the new user profile and you can access some of the drives?

[gaunt ginkgo]

I can access the ssd from both profiles but not edit it

[merry heron]

Can you edit it from this new one?

[gaunt ginkgo]

Theis is a pen drive connected

[merry heron]

Yeah, when you tried formatting it, it wiped itself clean

[gaunt ginkgo]

No that's what I said there is this popup which asked me what to do with the new drive if I select the first option I might be able to edit but I can't get that to show again

[gaunt ginkgo]

💀

Well it doesn't matter I was gonna use it to install bios but I couldn't upload the files and uk what happened after that

[merry heron]

Open it from file explorer

[gaunt ginkgo]

Wdym

[gaunt ginkgo]

I was doing that before too

[merry heron]

Okay

Ahhh

Crap

Alright, try this
Open Settings → Recovery

Find a button that says "Fix problems using Windows Update