Following problem:
I encrypted a USB stick with TrueCrypt, and that worked quite well until I wanted to move the backup data back onto the stick. He couldn't do anything with some files and my laptop crashed. When restarting, the entire stick was write-protected.
Already tried / unsuccessful approaches:
Go to the folder in Explorer and deactivate the check mark → Error message: "An error occurred while applying the attributes for the file: The medium is write-protected"
Deactivate the checkmark under Favorites in TrueCrypt for the container.tc file → did not work
Clean the drive in diskpart → Error message: "Error in DiskPart: The request could not be executed due to an I / O device error.
You can find more information in the system event log. "(I couldn't find anything there)
Format in Disk Management → I can't even select the Format option
In TrueCrypt under System - Permanently Decryp System Partition / Drive → Returns the message: The system partiton / drive does not appear to be encrypted
Does anyone have any idea what else you could do to make the stick no longer write-protected?
I don't care whether TrueCrypt is retained or not.
If it is no longer needed, here is a second question: How can I get TrueCrypt uninstalled again?
(On Windows it is listed as an app, but there's no option to uninstall it)
There's no data on the stick that needs to be preserved, I still have the backups.
Nevertheless, I would like to have a working USB stick again.
Thank you very much in advance, I know this is a very special problem, but since I'm absolutely not familiar with something like this, I get no further.
I don't think it has anything to do with TrueCrypt. Since you can't even format the USB stick anymore, it seems like it just "happened" to give up the ghost. The flash memory that is used in USB sticks unfortunately can't withstand an unlimited number of write cycles and the specification of a "service life" is only an expected value. The actual "service life" of the memory can be significantly higher, but unfortunately also significantly lower.
Fortunately, you seem to have a backup of the data that was on the stick. Then I would try to physically destroy the stick (so that no more data can be restored) and scrap it and, if necessary, replace it with a new one.
Alternatively, you can still try out whether you can get the stick formatted on another computer. But I'm actually assuming that the memory is defective.
I'm also guessing that the USB stick is defective, regardless of Truecrypt. I wouldn't try to save him. The next mistake is just around the corner and takes data with it into the afterlife that you may still need. Dispose of the stick and get a new one.
