Retail Windows usb drives: Difference between revisions

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}}Since the release of Windows 10 Microsoft has sold usb drives with an installer preloaded<ref>https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/</ref> but these drives are deeply write protected with no official way to reformat to reuse it for anything other than the manufacturing year’s windows installer

~~{{Placeholder box|~~Since the release of Windows 10 Microsoft has sold usb drives with an installer preloaded<ref ~~name":0"~~>https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/</ref> but these drives are deeply write protected with no official way to reformat to reuse it for anything other than the manufacturing year’s windows installer}}

==Consumer impact summary==

~~{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):~~

These usb drives are artificially unwritable preventing reuse one would expect from a usb flash drive. There is no indication on the Windows 11 22h2 usb drive box exterior that it is not rewritable.

* User Freedom These usb drives are artificially unwritable preventing reuse one would expect from a usb flash drive. There is no indication on the Windows 11 22h2 usb drive box exterior that it is not rewritable.

Microsoft has undoubtedly sold millions of non rewritable windows usb drives creating ewaste}}

Microsoft has undoubtedly sold millions of non rewritable windows usb drives creating needless ewaste

==Incidents==

This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

{{Placeholder box|Replace the placeholder text in the sections below with the incidents that affect this product and a short summary. Also replace the link so it point to the right product line or company article.

Shortly after the sale of these drives people went to forums seeking help on why their drive can’t be written to no matter what they tried <ref>https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/14315-windows-10-retail-usb-drive.html/</ref>

Shortly after the sale of these drives people went to forums seeking help on why their drive can’t be written to no matter what they tried <ref ~~name":0"~~>https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/14315-windows-10-retail-usb-drive.html/</ref>}}

~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~

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~~{{Placeholder box|* [[Example incident one]] (date): Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).~~

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==References==

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 | Official Website =https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-home/dg7gmgf0krt0
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+}}Since the release of Windows 10 Microsoft has sold usb drives with an installer preloaded<ref>https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/</ref> but these drives are deeply write protected with no official way to reformat to reuse it for anything other than the manufacturing year’s windows installer
-{{Placeholder box|Since the release of Windows 10 Microsoft has sold usb drives with an installer preloaded<ref name":0">https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/anton-shilov/microsoft-begins-to-sell-windows-10-on-usb-flash-drives/</ref> but these drives are deeply write protected with no official way to reformat to reuse it for anything other than the manufacturing year’s windows installer}}
 ==Consumer impact summary==
-{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
+These usb drives are artificially unwritable preventing reuse one would expect from a usb flash drive. There is no indication on the Windows 11 22h2 usb drive box exterior that it is not rewritable.
-* User Freedom These usb drives are artificially unwritable preventing reuse one would expect from a usb flash drive. There is no indication on the Windows 11 22h2 usb drive box exterior that it is not rewritable.
-Microsoft has undoubtedly sold millions of non rewritable windows usb drives creating ewaste}}
+Microsoft has undoubtedly sold millions of non rewritable windows usb drives creating needless ewaste
 ==Incidents==
 This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-{{Placeholder box|Replace the placeholder text in the sections below with the incidents that affect this product and a short summary. Also replace the link so it point to the right product line or company article.
+Shortly after the sale of these drives people went to forums seeking help on why their drive can’t be written to no matter what they tried <ref>https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/14315-windows-10-retail-usb-drive.html/</ref>
-Shortly after the sale of these drives people went to forums seeking help on why their drive can’t be written to no matter what they tried <ref name":0">https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/14315-windows-10-retail-usb-drive.html/</ref>}}
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
-{{Main|link to the main article}}
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
-...
-Incidents affecting all of the product line/company's products can be found in the prouct line/company article: [[Product line title]]/[[Company article title]]
-{{Placeholder box|* [[Example incident one]] (date): Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-* [[Example incident two]] (date):
-Incidents affecting the entire product line can be found in the product line article: [[Product line article, or company article if there is no product line]]}}
-==See also==
-{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or products with similar incidents.}}
 ==References==
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