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How to Fix -The Disk is Write Protected- Error? - Remove Write Protection

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How to Fix -The Disk is Write Protected- Error? - Remove Write Protection we will show you several workable solutions on how to fix this disk is write protected error. Solution 1: Physical Check to Find Any Switch 1:40s Solution 2: Removing Write Protection in Command Prompt 2:21s Solution 3: Use Registry to Remove Disk Write Protection 3:08s Solution 4: Remove Individual Files with Write Protection 4:03s Solution 5: Check the Available Space 4:28s How to fix -the disk is Write Protected- error? Solution 1: Physical Check to Find Any Switch Some USB sticks/SD cards have a mechanical switch on them that puts them into Write Protect mode. If face this situation, then just move the switch to the unlocked position and try to copy files again. Solution 2: Removing Write Protection in Command Prompt Hit Windows key + X, and select Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu. In this menu two things such as 1. Type diskpart, and next press Enter 2. Next, type list disk, and press Enter. You should see a list of currently mounted disks 3. Make sure you can see your USB drive on the screen. Make a note of your disk number. 4. Now enter the following command: select disk [your disk number] 5. Once selected, enter the following command: attributes disk clear readonly 6. You-ve cleared any remaining read-only file attributes from the USB Flash Drive/SD Card. Solution 3: Use Registry to Remove Disk Write Protection 1. Press the Windows key+X, select -Run- 2. In the search box on the taskbar, type regedit and select -OK-. Then, select the top result for Registry Editor 3. Go to the key registry key below: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies 4. left side in the window click Control key, and select New and Key, named StorageDevicePolicies. 5. On the right panel of StorageDevicePolicies, right-click and select New DWORD and give it name as WriteProtect. 6. Double-click the WriteProtect value in the right pane of StorageDevicePolicy. 7. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click OK to save your changes. Solution 4: Remove Individual Files with Write Protection Browse to your USB drive, and find the offending file. Right-click and select Properties. At the bottom of the panel, under Attributes, ensure Read-only is unchecked. Solution 5: Check the Available Space Open Windows Explorer and browse to my computer. This gives you an overview of all drives connected to your system. Right-click your USB drives and selects the Properties. Then you can view the size of used space and free space in Windows 7/8/10. If the size of the used space is too large, this might enable the write protection function. To solve this, you may need to delete unnecessary files to free up space. Text Tutorial: https://recoverit.wondershare.com/partition-tips/disk-write-protected.html Hope those solutions will be helpful for you to fix this disk is write protected error
Date: 2022-03-21

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Comments and reviews: 10

itech
silly thing, I used tio have usb 2.0 Manta all in one card reader and here my SD card is readable and can do anything with data on it. Bought on amazon USB 3.1 Lexar card reader and for some reason my card inside is read only. but again I put the same card back to Manta 2.0 and it is readable and same in Lexar says can not copy to it. So what causing that issue? I did not find answer in your video and do not know what should I do.-
Regards
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RD
I tried regeit and cmd on my flash drive nothing works... I can format it by unplugging and plugin it in the quickly format it then eject it then plug it again it will be writable for only minutes then will be write protected again, yes I tried other ports but it always go back to being write protected.... Can someone give me a solution to this problem?
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Jamhiro
How do I remove the write protection on my local internal disk? im so frustrated lol, Both of my local disk C and D has no write protection yesterday, but for some reason when I opened my pc today the local disk D has write protection. I pretty much did every tutorial here in YouTube but nothing seems working
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Adrian
None of these work for me, I know my SD isn't faulty because I could format it on my phone, but when I put it back on my computer it still won't allow me to do anything with it, not even format it. I pretty stumped :(
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Dakota
any tips if this problem is occurring on a seagate password protected hard drive? won't show up in files, but does in devices. If I try any of these tips they all fail.
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Yash
i am unable to create new folders but can create folders in folders that were already created in the external hard drive before my smart tv locked it up??? please help
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Sharpshooter
I've tried all of these steps and still getting -the disk is write protected- I am trying to get rid of ready boost but it's not letting me do so
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Just'a
The regedit process works for me!, I can't express my happiness when I successfully formated my usb because of your help!!!. Thank you!!!!
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Bambam
Huge thanks bro..i tried tons time to format but i did not know it is due physical switch in card to lock the format. Thank you very much
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Shark
Nope. Didn't work. Followed all instructions to a tee. 32 GB USB drive still locked and can't delete it's files and/or format it even....
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