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Fix DISKPART Error : Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.

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Fix DISKPART Error : Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.

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A few time ago we show you in a tutorial How can it be recover the entire capacity of one USB memories (flash drive). Are situations where we have for example a stick de 32GB, but from which we see a total volume of only a few MB. This scenario I suffered on Windows 10 with a flash drive Kingston DataTraveler 32 GB, of which I saw only 120MB.
I opened Command Prompt (with the administrator's departments), I followed the order set “Diskpart” To completely delete the active partition, but after the last order line: DELETE PARTITION, I met the error: Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.

Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set
Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set

It seems, this is a measure of additional protection, to be sure we want completely deleting the Flash Drive space.
After this error occurs, the command line is executed:DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE. This order will completely delete the data on the flash drive, and the volume will return to normal parameters.

DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

I do not know if this problem is typical of Windows 10 operating system or is valid for older versions of Windows, but I know for sure solves the problem of space “missing” from a flash drive.

Fix DISKPART Error : Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.

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5 thoughts on “Fix DISKPART Error : Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.”

  1. Stefano says:
    January 8, 2019 at 23:10

    You solved the problem in 5 seconds. You are great, thanks!

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  2. Will be says:
    June 21, 2021 at 21:33

    Unfortunately, the disk on which the system was and now is a spare disk cannot be removed after the winner of 10 recovery partitions. A message appears “A protected partition cannot be removed without setting the Force parameter (forcing).

    Reply
  3. Carlos Sanz says:
    July 13, 2021 at 22:04

    Thank you, it served me perfectly, although in my case it was a volume on the hard drive,

    Diskpart> delete volume override

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  4. Jean says:
    August 20, 2021 at 21:21

    You helped me a lot! Thanks for the rapid solution that was one. I thank you from the heart

    Reply
  5. IN says:
    September 28, 2021 at 18:57

    Thanks a lot! He removed the reserved sections on the old hard drive on Windows 10.

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