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My laptop won’t boot due to a registry error BSoD, I’m now trying to reinstall windows 11.

I’m using install media on an external drive, and trying to format the internal SSD.

From the command prompt: format c: /fs:NTFS

Cannot Format. The volume is write protected.

Using diskpart I get similar errors when:

  • trying to remove the read-only attribute.
  • Clean the partition
  • Delete the partition.

Mainly these errors are CRC failures.

WMIC get status reports OK on the disk, and the SSD is just over a year old.

Is there anything else I can try?

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    How old is the SSD? Has it reached it's maximum lifetime writes by chance?
    – Ramhound
    Sep 20 at 21:08
  • The SSD is around 13 months old, so I should it hasn’t reached maximum writes just yet
    – NickG
    Sep 20 at 22:36
  • Age is a poor indicator of SSD life: frequent writes can do one in rapidly., e.g., laptopmag.com/news/…
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Sep 20 at 23:40
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    I agree with jar - try formatting using the GUI installer (setup.exe), like you normally would when installing from a Win11 ISO USB, and see if it works. Have you tried this already, and that's why you're trying to format/clean the drive in cmd.exe (I'm assuming a console opened with SHIFT+F10)? You could also try booting to something like Hirens or an Ubuntu USB - or even using a different computer to format the SSD. Some motherboards have a feature built into the BIOS menu to erase an SSD. Some SSD manufacturers also offer tools that can erase the drive.
    – Paul π
    Sep 21 at 3:24

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Have you tried formatting it from the Windows Installation? I've faced the same problem too, but by just formatting it from the Windows Installation window, it works fine.

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