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

After some time we show a tutorial how can recover all an USB drives (flash drive). There are situations in which we have for example a Stick 32GB, but from which we see a total volume of only a few MB. This scenario I suffered from Windows 10, with a flash drive Kingston DataTraveler by 32 GB, of which I saw only 120MB available.
I opened Command Prompt (with the privileges of administrator), I followed the set of commands "DISKPART”For completely deleting the active partition, but after the last command line: DELETE PARTITION, I have encountered the error: Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.

Can not delete a protected partition Without the force protected parameter set
Can not delete a protected partition Without the force protected parameter set

Apparently, this is a measure of additional protectionTo be sure that we remove it entirely from the flash drive space.
Once this error occurs, the command line is executed: DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE. This command will completely erase the data on the flash drive, and the volume will return to normal.

DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

I do not know if this problem is typical of the operating system Windows 10 or is also valid for older versions of Windows, but I know for sure that it solves the problem of "missing" space on a flash drive.

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  1. Unfortunately the disk was not on it system a teraz jest dyskiem zapasowym nie można usunąć pozostałej po win 10 partycji odzyskiwania. Pojawia się komunikat (nie można usunąć partycji chronionej bez ustawienia parametru force (wymuszenie).

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  2. Thank you, I serve myself perfectly, although in my case it was a hard drive volume,

    DISKPART> delete volume override

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  3. Огромное спасибо! Далил зарезервированные разделы на старом жестком диске по Windows 10.

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