How do I format my encrypted usb flashdrive when it wont let me unlock it

[tightdude14]

Hi so I tried encrypting my flash drive with bit locker and it failed part way but now when ever I try to unlock it, it says "BitLocker Drive Encryption failed to recover from an abruptly terminated conversion. This could be due to either all conversion logs being corrupted or the media being write-protected." I have tried formatting it in disk part but it failed due to it being write-protected. I have also tried using disk part to clear the attributes as some have suggested but that was unsuccessful. If anyone has any ideas please let me know I would really appreciate it.

 

[trekzone]

Hi,

Try removing the partition of the drive using diskpart command.
Diskpart
list disk (you should be able to spot your USB stick by the size, take note of the number listed against it)
select disk x (where x is the number from the previous step)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs quick /override
exit

Hope that will guide you.