I am using Windows 7. Please give me solution to fix it. Remove the write-protection or use another disk. The PC is upgraded from Windows 8. How do I disable the write protection? Write protection also called read-only can be physical or virtual. A USB drive is enabled with write protection has the ability to prevent new files from being written or old files being changed. Typically, this means you can only read the data which are already stored on the USB, but you can't delete or modify them.
By using write protection, you can make ensure data is not accidentally overwritten or erased. If you are reading this post, you must be one of them. Deep breath and stay calm. No matter whether you are using Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10, I am going to walk you through a few easy steps to remove write protection and make your USB flash drive or SD card writable again. Some USB flash drives have a physical switch which allows you to lock or unlock write protection.
The location of a switch on a USB flash drive will be different. Make sure the lock switch is slid up to unlock position. You will not be able to transfer files to the USB drive if it is locked. If the write protection switch on your USB drive is off and you still get the error message or there is no physical switch on your USB drive, please skip to Step 2. You can use the Size column to identify which one it is.
If not, please try the next step. On the right-hand pane, double-click on the WriteProtect or right click on it and select "Modify". EaseUS CleanGenius is one of these tools that helps you fix aforementioned issues on your drives without knowing a thing about command-line.
When a device is locked or a disk is write-protected, you can using Registry Editor to change its key from 1 to 0 so as to unlock the device. Type: Regedit in the search box, click "Regedit. Step 2. After this, you can reconnect your USB flash drive or pen drive to your PC again, and you should find the write protection is removed and the device is no longer write-protected. Sometimes, your drive may also get locked or write-protected if you set it as read-only.
And you can simply change the read-only state to remove the device write protection. After removing write protection on your USB or pen drive, you can directly access the device with ease. However, if the USB or pen drive still contains some logical or internal error, you may need to format the device to recognizable again. Besides USB flash drive, the program also allows you to format a write-protected SD card with the write protection error removed.
Step 4. And now, your device is in a good state for you to save and store data again. This page answers the questions of "How do I remove write protection on a USB drive" and "How can I format a write-protected pen drive".
With the provided solutions in Part 1 and Part 2 , you can easily resolve "The disk is write-protected" error and successfully format your USB flash drive, pen drive, SD card, external hard drive, and even internal hard drive after removing the write protection. However, some of you may have more concerns that are related to the write protection issue. Here, we have found some top FAQs asked in Google searching result and left a brief answer below each question.
If you have the same doubts, check and find your answers here immediately. As introduced on this page, to format a write-protected USB in Windows 10, you need first remove the write protection by following methods in Part 1. As you search online, you may find that there is no one professional write-protected USB format tool available for free download. Any image, link, or discussion related to child pornography, child nudity, or other child abuse or exploitation.
Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 9 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Click on your Start Menu and type cmd in the Search for programs and files field. It should show up at the top of your Start menu. Right-click on it and select Run as Administrator.
You should now see the Command Line Utility, which looks like the following. Diskpart is a disk-partitioning tool that is built into Windows and is accessible through the Command Line Utility. With it, we can change the values associated with your USB drive. Read more - How to remove write protection. You should see a table something like the one below. Be very careful from here on out!
You can see that if you start working with the wrong disk, things can get ugly quicker than when the lights come on at last call. Most important is the first line Current Read-only State: Yes. This lets us know that, indeed, the flash drive is write protected.
If it works, that will be confirmed by the line Disk attributes cleared successfully. Double-check this by trying to copy a small file to your USB drive. If it works, great. Software utilities.
Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 26 people found this reply helpful. Is that the way it is supposed to be, or is the alternative values for WriteProtect in order to enable file deletion? Navindra Jayaratne. I try to add or remove to my pen drive, "write-protection" message appear.
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