u/Internal-Candle-9688

Hi, so I tried to install windows 11 using rufus. I was watching a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCBVSTNNAgo) and following along, but half way through installing it failed. Now my usb flash drive cannot be accessed. I can't format it as it says it is write protected. I have tried various different methods to fix the usb flash drive but i am told that the disk can't be cleaned because it is raw, or i run into a i/o device error message. Basically i am not worried about recovering data from the usb, i just want to be able to format it and use it again to use rufus. Please if any of you brilliant minds can help me out I would be over the moon.