How to Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows

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How to Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows
So you have a USB or Micro SD write-protected in Windows 10 or Windows 11 I will show you how to remove the Write Protected drive. You can use toolkits from EaseUS Partition Master to remove write protection - bit.ly/4cpPKKk Remember their is always a chance your device is broken and also remember that some of these methods will format the drive, so if you have data on the drive that you are trying to recover, be careful on what methods you try.
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@Britec09 Год назад

Hope this video helped you out. Drop us a comment and like on the video, it really helps.

@genegaskins6834 Год назад

Can you use this information for dvd

@watup110875 Год назад

@Britec09 I wish I had thought about you, before breaking 3 sd card mini's about 3 weeks ago, I don't know how or why they did that protected mode, I have nothing to hide

@arjunraghunadhan3611 Год назад

Sir i can't do My pendrive is not able to format in cmd,mini tool, Rufus etc Whenever I try it automatically ejects it and don't allow it to format it

@huedoppler1 Год назад

I have tried this but it not work, can't format or delete volume

@kelvohdeflavr8394 Год назад

Thanks so much, mine worked, 😌,you earned a subscriber

@kylevols7918 Год назад

Thank you for this! The last way of reformatting without downloading software worked as my USB was stuck with write protection.

@pengai9344 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, deleting all partitions and creating a new one works for me.

@firstpep1073 Год назад

Hey mate your a Effing Genius man been struggling with my 1tb hard drive and i used the cmd prompt followed your steps now I have full access to it again! Thanks alot brother

@sylvia9292 Год назад

are u a bot how tf theres no operations tab

@smodiddley 23 часа назад

wow thank you so much for this video! the very lest steps to format via command prompt was the only thing that worked for me. i was fearful i wasn't going to be able to get around the write-only protection prompt, but thanks so much!!!

@EasyJr007 Год назад

Thank you sir! Your video helped me. I’ve been trying to remove the write protection for over a month. I was able to get it done with the miniTool option. Finally😅

@abdulrahmannasser6328 Год назад

From 10 videos I watched, this is the only one which helped me! thanks a lot.

@_Hashim3318_ Год назад

Thank you so much the diskart part actually fixed my usb stick.

@brainiac_brian 6 месяцев назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been chasing that solution for months! I got mine messed up working with Linux. Fixed now!

@maggieb3851 Год назад

I downloaded the mini tool but my pendrive it still showing up as read only. I am confused on how to fix it, since it won't give me the option to delete the partition.

@rodsco357 Год назад

Great video! Have a Samsung 64 g USB with Linux OS bootable that only used 2 gigs. I used redit to delete the file, then cmd diskpart to clean and complete format now I'm using the drive as a recovery drive. Thank you.

@Wow-Cartoon398 10 месяцев назад

How

@blockenginestudios 3 месяца назад

I thought i had destroyed by usb and the last piece of software saved me thank you so much

@tupcool7136 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! It helped me with my USB! Excellent video!

@saveworldvenki1762 Год назад

after so many videos, ur video First method worked for me thanks Mr.

@Nedlius Месяц назад

no idea why this has to be so difficult, thank you for the help

@rodicarobu6695 Месяц назад

Clear and simple. It worked at first try. Thank you!!

@AtomicusPrime 7 месяцев назад

The first command line solution worked for me so far. Thank you!

@SnapshotFlo Год назад

I get this from the command prompt: DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information.

@thetechistview3180 3 месяца назад

yes, me too, tell me if you get any solution

@SnapshotFlo 3 месяца назад

@@thetechistview3180 it was corrupted, had to bin it :(

@HerschillGabriels 2 месяца назад

Very helpful video. The last method helped formatting my usb stick... Thank you

@ridhinjoy7425 9 месяцев назад

Didn"t Work! 😥

@Hundredstory 6 месяцев назад

I just used my friends cell phone that had a sim card slot for removable memory and had it format to portable storage instead of internal storage. And that worked.

@rodger3641 Год назад

A usb became write protected while plugged into my arlo pro base unit, I can read off it but not format it, I'm going to give this ago when I get home Brian, cheers big fella !!

@Suspended_ 3 месяца назад

Are you home?

@REDZ28won 2 месяца назад

@@Suspended_ Not yet!

@mikenapole6359 8 месяцев назад

Mini Tool worked for me! many thanks for this video mate!!

@clintcorpceo 4 месяца назад

Command prompt worked perfect ! Thanks big guy! 👍

@GregM Год назад

As the video notes indicate the write protection could be the result of the flash drive failing and reverting to read only mode to allow you to recover your data off the device. I have had several flash drives fail like this.

@Britec09 Год назад

I agree, that is the main cause.

@buffuniballer Год назад

Yep, and then destruction of the device is necessary as you cannot wipe a read only device.

@jakemeals Год назад

How do you destroy a flash drive so the contents cannot be read? Smashing it or blocking the port

@buffuniballer Год назад

@@jakemeals pull the circuit board from the plastic case and run it through a paper shredder.

@johnmc3862 Год назад

@@jakemeals Burn it.

@niweiyeung4456 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Britec09, now my USB drive back to normal 👍

@Britec09 5 месяцев назад

Glad I could help

@youshouldknow.sweden 3 месяца назад

Thank you. Diskpart helped. USB is not write protected right now, so I can format it.

@andrewinstre 11 дней назад

Very good video. I thought it was Michael Caine in his hey days saying "Open the bloody disk!" you also explained it like an Open University Lecturer on BBC 2 in the 70s. Well done and easy to understand! Lol!😂

@aaronletchford Год назад

Thanks this is just what i needed, I'll try this 👍

@Britec09 Год назад

Welcome

@panicogalactico7379 Год назад

This is the only video that actually helped me out

@Biyagiefofana 7 месяцев назад

Hey man you’ve just earned a new follower mini tool helped thanks a lot😊

@MotasemG 10 месяцев назад

You're a life saver sir! the first method worked for me!

@dedwitty Год назад

Really other people were just maniupulating for the audience for the views but you helped me sir thank you

@OkiDingo 9 месяцев назад

I didn't have the Write Protection in my registry. Once i added it I could format the USB drive. Thanks mate

@lancechin5178 6 месяцев назад

The solution whereby we use diskpart, clean, create partition primary, and format worked for me!

@OlettaLiano Год назад

Hi, Brian. I've managed to clear a few write protected USB thumb drive with diskpart clear all, but it's always nice to see other options, so thanks.

@Britec09 Год назад

Thanks for watching

@watup110875 Год назад

I tried the diskpart as admin but nothing

@OlettaLiano Год назад

@@watup110875 It worked for me a few times, but I had to use a partition program on the rest.

@watup110875 Год назад

@@OlettaLiano that was only 3 I couldn't fix, sad didn't have fund for paid, most free I did try failed like the rest, but ol well, more tools for next I guess lol

@OlettaLiano Год назад

@@watup110875 Did you try MiniTool Partition Wizard free version? I need to get back to GTA 5 because there's people to runover and cops to guy fight with. LOL

@Zaiz777 4 месяца назад

Thank you very much. The registry edit worked!

@Keith.W Год назад

Very informative video Brian, many thanks.

@Britec09 Год назад

Very welcome

@Terminators4U 7 месяцев назад

@@Britec09nope for my usb drive sandisk 32 bb drive nothing works. I have so many usb drives and all work fine on any laptop but this drive doesn’t work at all. I can access all data on that drive and watch movies from it too but no software or diskpart works. I tried a low level format utility as shown in several videos but nothing worked 😂. It says disk I/O errors on format and files and partitions are still there. I think sandisk has a certain problem on usb drives. Don’t let it fill up too much or you will loose access to the drive permanently. It permanently turns off write ability on it.

@energylab227 7 месяцев назад

I had the exact same issue you had, on Windows 11. Partition Wizard saved the day. Thanks for the video!

@Formula7Driver 4 месяца назад

Same here

@Salxia Год назад

thank u the CMD clear attribute method fixed it for me

@vdtb1758 7 месяцев назад

After all this time, finally i found you, thank u 😊

@jarrodnewman0514 Год назад

Whenever I have a stubborn USB drive that just won't format or un-partition with Windows 10/11 Disk Management, I use my Ventoy USB drive and an old laptop and boot into Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. There is a specific type of disk management software included within called AOMEI Partition Assistant that never fails to format, or de-partition any USB flash drive or SD/microSD card

@Sidm270 10 месяцев назад

THX so much for making this you have saved me!

@lse123polis Год назад

I faced this problem: In a U3 portable USB stick I HAVE TWO PARTITIONS, a CDFS and Another, the latter format it in the disk manager, but the CDFS is like a CD Drive, write protected, any idea how to delete the CDFS partition, Has 3 U3 exe files...well?

@johnnykerbaj4840 7 месяцев назад

Thank you sir for this amazing explanation. But if you can also explain how to format a cd that is write protected? Thanks again!

@monikamartin6002 7 месяцев назад

I tried everything you mentioned, but in diskpart, I got the following message: "DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information." I don't know how this got set to write-only in the first place. Very upset about this.

@Manishnair222 2 месяца назад

Did u find a solution?

@monikamartin6002 2 месяца назад

@@Manishnair222 Nope. Doesn't come close to working.

@rsteleanu 8 месяцев назад

It helped. Thanks man, may God bless you.

@hebayusuf4985 6 месяцев назад

Thank You!! Finally got this issue sorted

@RandomRads 5 месяцев назад

I have a Sandisk flash drive that is write protected. The tutorial didn't help. I tried reformatting and got the same message "The disk is write protected". It has a Sandisk Secure access.exe file. Not sure if that is the reason.

@edwinzakaria7588 4 месяца назад

my case

@nguyenhoanganh1559 Год назад

the minitool helps me a lot,its finally worked

@Fletch8714 Год назад

Thanks, Jim or Tim for the video I have a Sdcard that will not work in my system I cannot read it or write to it, or format it, and windows won't allow me to format it and the SDcard is not Locked I will try your method to see if I can get it working it's a 32gig SD Card from Sandisk, thankyou!

@WT-CS-GTA 5 месяцев назад

CMD always works thanks Brite

@sheikhmooinuddin2008 Месяц назад

Truly helped me. Thanks, brother!

@adamroutley 7 месяцев назад

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

@thechallenges5669 10 дней назад

This guy deserves more, you just got a subscriber

@mn-ru4li Год назад

These methods didn't work for me. For the Regedit, I didn't have the option for Read Only. For the Partition Fix solution, my USB wasn't partitioned. It seems as though my USB doesn't want read-permission. How is this possible? I couldn't tell if the drive was damanged as my device manager view was VERY different to yours.

@garynet20 10 месяцев назад

I installed the software and I could delete all the partitions, thank you.

@Imranhayat433 5 месяцев назад

Thank you the last method works perfectly ❤

@markvandesande8855 Год назад

Excellent video, thank you.

@52Drew Год назад

Many thanks Britec. 1 hour later after trying nearly everything to clear "write protect" on a usb drive, then MiniTool Partition Wizard removes "write protect" in less than 5 seconds. Cheers Mate.

@kool-k-kel Год назад

how? free version??

@Virtueman1 Год назад

Marketing bs

@isaaccilo8748 Год назад

I just created a partition and everything worked well 👍

@Mr.Dorina Год назад

Minitool it's just way better because there's an actual frame to look at and it's really simple to use. Anyways i recovered my USB stick! Nice video!

@djskipe 27 дней назад

Thank you bro! First method works

@hotboat7054 2 дня назад

on the partition wizard software, my disk was listed as read-only, and I am unable to right click it, is there any way I can fix this?

@TheJonnybeau Месяц назад

Thanks - this Video saved what little hair I have left on my head..😁

@angelbabygirlkaneboh5323 21 день назад

Thank you brother mini tool was it!

@michaelhenderson5098 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this video. However my drive still displays read only. Nothing worked. I have tried 2 different adapters and plugged the micro sd card directly into a card read. The card is the camera card from a WYZE camera that is no longer in use. 32gb card. I can't do anything with Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows Read Only and no options are displayed except to backup data. :(

@yaniquerichards6445 9 месяцев назад

Works like a charm😊

@thetechworld2957 Год назад

I've been surfing on RU-vid to find a method to remove my write protection on my SD card. None of them work. Please let me know if you have any other methods

@stevecampisano3116 Год назад

Thanks, you helped me save a 256GB thumb drive ....

@Britec09 Год назад

You're welcome

@Benny71453 5 месяцев назад

nothing works for me, ive got a bunch of USBs I cant use anymore because everything that seems to work for others doesnt for me. ive tried partition wizard and it doesn't even let me click on the usb like yours. mine also says read only in red.

@mohamedassad753 2 месяца назад

This actually worked thank you so much 🙏 ❤

@southernexposure123 Год назад

Thank you. Until I found this video I tried the command inputs over and over and was told each time that the write protect removal was successful. But format still didn't work. Somehow (I'm no guru) I got to computer management and clicked on the correct drive letter / number. I could try format from that location and got the message there is an input / output error in the device. Previously I saw no such message. I was using a card reader with a short cord because my laptop sd card slot doesn't recognize the card. I changed to a different card reader and finally got success.

@rubendariogp2387 Год назад

Loved the video bro Cheers !

@dustandashes419 9 дней назад

Diskpart says it cleared readonly but it didn't. Downloaded and ran MiniTool Partition Wizard but I don't get a Delete Partition option. I can read the files on the drive, but I cannot modify or delete any. I also cannot format the drive. At a loss as to how to gain access to this drive again. It is unknown by both users as to how the drive got set to readonly in the first place. There is no hardware switch on the drive.

@jigarkumar4146 2 месяца назад

thanks the wizard method works like charm 👍

@Vinitkanov 8 дней назад

thank you very much sir, you saved my life. i hope you can get more subscribers :)

@rajivgiri Год назад

Super 🎉 thank you so much 🙏

@artnoodleboi1132 4 месяца назад

Thanks to you I was able to finally get it working thank you

@sudman 2 месяца назад

GREAT VIDEO! Saved my butt! Thank you.

@YTalrix 7 месяцев назад

THE MINI TOOL HELPED ME THANK U SOO MUCH 👍👍👍

@igronDC Год назад

MiniTool Partition Wizard has zero options to do anything with the stick. it shows that READ ONLY in red.

@sylvia9292 Год назад

yep same

@thisshonrobert7605 Год назад

Same for me ..did u found the ans

@saquibansari7866 Год назад

Yeah same here...

@arham8198 11 месяцев назад

Did anyone find solution?

@sharmag34 11 месяцев назад

No solution contacted the service centre and replaced it

@rsb762 8 месяцев назад

Awesome. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

@andypuhl670 4 месяца назад

Thank you, thank you thank you!!!!! I wasn't able to write or delete on any USB sticks anymore and I had no idea why. I spent hours online trying to figure it out and this was the solution! (the regedit tip at 4:00) 🥳🥳🥳

@shoanaleighsparrowingle9859 3 месяца назад

YES!! Thank you - clear and helpful, problem solved

@MrFreddiew1 Год назад

Yep...Big thanks for this video.

@waisalqorney5470 8 месяцев назад

Min tool doesnt work for me, when i right click on my fd, it does not showing any option, and theres a text saying read only

@jerrycurtis98 Год назад

I followed through all the steps right up to Mini Partition Wizard. When I got there, it showed the MicroSD card as Read Only, so I couldn't do anything with it. Thanks, anyway.

@Britec09 Год назад

Drive is probably bad

@smartwords360 Год назад

Same with me too

@abritabroadinthephilippines Год назад

I'm still stuck but haven't tried the 3rd party software option yet so wil try that now thanks.

@chadibaytamouni3503 Год назад

I tried the all of the above, none worked, the last tip i used, i got this message: " DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information. " maybe this usb drive s fate is to the trash can.

@kool-k-kel Год назад

same for me same error

@AwaisKhan-dt5eg Год назад

Same

@kool-k-kel Год назад

@@AwaisKhan-dt5eg i replaced my card reader and was fine

@hensenmavuna 5 месяцев назад

WORKED THANK YOU. FIRST SOLUTION.

@Tomsonic41 Год назад

I frequently use USB flash drives to boot live Linux operating systems on a PC. I have found it's a nightmare to get the drive back to 'normal' after flashing the Linux image to it; it does something strange to the boot sector. All kinds of weird errors including write protect, unable to unmount and even bad media! Even using CFDISK to delete all partitions doesn't help! I've actually made a disk image of a working empty USB flash drive, and I can flash that if one starts misbehaving and won't let me reformat it properly.

@DD-101 16 дней назад

Tried the all including minitool but the drive is read only so no menu comes up to delete or anything when right clicking on it.. can't be wiped.

@Ibraymov_Alpamis 29 дней назад

Thanks alot, Partition WIzard is worked.

@albert-stefanstancu4634 Год назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@areb8579 Год назад

Great video. Thanks.

@Britec09 Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@PrinceSnoopy 4 месяца назад

Wow! 🤩 Thank you so much 🙏🏼

@BobaPhettamine 6 месяцев назад

that's disk management not device manager

@user-jy2py8ry6k 6 месяцев назад

hello britec, i followed every step and i tried to clean it with cmd, but after i entered the command ''Clean'' it still says error and it's write protected, what is the solution for that?