Windows Media Creation Tool Bricked Drive

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I want(ed) to install Windows 11 on a new PC. I bought a new USB drive and downloaded Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to create installation media on it. The media creation tool errored out partway through the process. File explorer shows that there is some win11-related stuff on the USB drive, but it is not bootable and is now stuck in read-only mode. I cannot reformat it with diskpart or other third-party tools. The USB drive has no physical switch on it that puts it into read-only mode.What I need is either(a) a way to rescue my drive and take my chances with Microsoft's broken tool again O

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