How to Fix "The Disk is Write Protected" Error? | Remove Write Protection
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A disk suddenly facing write-protected is a very common problem. When your USB/ SD card, internal, or an external hard drive is write protected, you can neither access the saved data nor do any changes to your device. So, how to remove write protection? In this video, we will show you several workable solutions on how to fix this disk is write protected error.
Timestamps:
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.
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Tried all steps, no luck. Still write protected :(
same here
That was great, took about 10 seconds watching your video and 2 seconds to flip the switch on the SD card, thank you so much.
Thanks! I was trying to move some files so I can factory reset my laptop and running command prompt fixed this issue for me.
Not even one option worked for my usb drive. What might be the issue? How to remove write protection or format it? Any idea please share..
Oh, thanks! I was able to use the attributes clear to remove the 'write protection' from my 2 terabyte external hard drive. I appreciate how simple and helpful this video was.
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Thanks for this excellent video. I have spent hours on the net trying to find a solution to remove the "write protection" on one of the internal hard drives in my desktop and have no idea why it happened.
I was ready to give up on it and then found this video.
It was straight to the point with clear voice and easy to follow procedures.
I used the Command Prompt/ diskpart solution.
Again --- Thank you!!
simple techniques like this helps a lot
1:10 All i needed. Thank you so much!
I thought it locked the micro SD so it wouldn't go out, but it had a different purpose.
SAME MATE
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Same with me!
My problem was 1:49. I had to wipe the pins
Hi I followed your instruction but still cannot format my usb flash drive . it has the same error The Disk is Write Protected. any other ideas? Thanks
same
Happened with my 2TB External Hard disk and thanks to you the 1st solution helped me to fix the problem. Thank you.
Wow! I can't believe all I had to do was move the MicroSD Adapter from Locked to Unlocked. Thank you!
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same here i had no idea i just had to move a switch
Good to know all this. My SD cards were giving me the write protected message and I should have followed your methods. I ended up purchasing an online system repair program which corrected all the corruption in my computer including the drive systems. It cured a lot of other problems my PC was plagued with too such as bad malwares. Anyway, I was able to format and load my SD cards again.
Very interesting. Do you mind telling us which utility you used? I think I need something like this. Thank you.
@@davewallace1209 It was Advanced System Repair. I was kind of spooked in that they can get info of your passwords and website visit history. After fixing my PC, I cancelled my subscription.
Thanks the first tip worked! I feel stupid all I had to do was mess with the adapter lock.
Thank you so much. The command prompt fixed it for me. Was racking my brain for hours. Wish I would have checked out this video sooner!
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still unable to remove write protection on my sdcard
same on my USB drive
Same here bro
Same here bro,
Is there any other way ??
same
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Solution 2 in the description worked for me! Thanks a lot for your service!
thank you. fantastic tips for recovery.
Thank you for this one! It really helps.
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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Thank you so much. After 2 hours of researching, I found my solution in this video. I already tried regedit but assigned a 1 to the value instead of 0. I thought 1 means allow disk to be written over. Thank you
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I did it too and then it worked.
Thank you very much indeed for the helpful advice. Best wishes.
Thank you, this was really helpful! I got write protection on a CF card which does not even have a switch! I changed the usb of the card reader, formatted in the camera but nothing worked. The command prompt options cleared the bug.
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It took me two seconds to realise the problem. Thank you so much!
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my sd card just wont let me format it, ive done legit what i can from this video but nothing works and its still write protected, i cant format it or anything so i dont know how to fix it now
same here... are you using linux when it going read only?
Amazing bro. Basic problem. But solved very Easily. Thank you very much👍
Thank you so much! I finally fixed my drive!
Worked perfectly! I didn't know the write protection switch was on lol
Same lmao
i did'nt even watch the video, & just check the switch straight away lmao. thanx buddy :)
Thanks it was because of the lockswitch it’s was broken so I taped it up so it stays unlocked you just earned a sub
Thanks a lot for the video, it was helpful.
Glad to hear that.....
dose any of this work on external hard drives?
Wow nice i learn a lot ❤👏
Sir I have done everything to rectify the problem like, diskpart, regedit and cmd command too but still unable to format the disk. 😭 Please help 🙏
Thank you very much, the third one worked well!
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Thanks a ton! Worked Perfectly!
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Thanks for the tips. Tip 2 worked. Unfortunate for those who weren't helped. hope they find a solution!
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Man. after all these years. Now my usb is usable. A big thanks to you 🤝🤝👍👍
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You're a lifesaver and Godsent. The regedit method worked for me - OMG you have no idea - what a deep frustration it was but I followed all your steps and my 1TB micro SD card now works
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You are a genius brother, thank you a lot for your help !!! was perfect
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amazing, this actually helped me. it took me about 2 hours too look for a solution and then I found this video. you are a god send. thank you vary much for this video.
I was stuck on this. But thank god you helped.
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wow! Solution 2 really worked, many many thanks!
I have a flock of chips that have become write protected with my main computer. Do the methods unwrite protect the system (that drive or any sd card) or just that chip?
I ask this because the same 'write protected' cards are not write protected in another computer.
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Thank you, worked perfectly.
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Thank you very much for this! It was a simple fix...thanks to you!
This video really helped. Thanks very much.
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ty so much. very help full!
Thank you very much this fixed the problem I was having!
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The first part worked. I didn't even know it had a switch.
Thanks you very much 😊!
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Thanks for the help.
Thank you so much! Great help! Otherwise, I was about to format my laptop!
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Worked with the first method, thank you :)
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Didn’t work for me, I followed each direction. I appreciate your video, great work and you do a wonderful job relaying all the info. I’m assuming my micro is completely corrupted, still I appreciate the work you put in to informing us all, nice editing!!
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware wasn’t a question, it was a comment - complimenting your work, stating the methods did not work for me, but I still appreciate the work you do, and I went on to claim it was a very well done video
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How does an HDD become write-protected anyway? I have a Seagate that I repartitioned and reformatted a few times. At some point it always becomes write-protected...
hi, thanks for sharing the video. I'm pretty sure that i follow everything but still my SD card says error and "this disk is write protected". Maybe you can help me on this sir. will appreciate this a lot. Thank you
Hi Jemima, are you sure you have executed all the steps in correct manner? Can you please give them a retry?
Thank you sooooo much!!!!
Sir my sd card shows 30.6mb capacity but its actual capacity is 32gb. It states that it's in raw format. I tried several ways to format it and several tools, I was not able to format it. It's like unusable right now. I tried both in windows and linux. I can't format that sd card in android as well. I wish if I could get some solution for that
i havent watched it yet but do you think you can do one for the 2ds how to fix? that would help a lot bekease im trying to download games it wont let me go in the store at all or download games can you help with that??
thank you so much, the clearing attribute method works for me!
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Do you have a vid for ssd gaming cards?
Thanks so much,brilliant explanation
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thankyou, the switch was set back on the adapter
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Omg 🤫 I didn't even know this!!! Thank you
Thanks man! Second solution worked for me
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Command prompt helped me! Thanks!
thus guy fucking saved me dealing with the issue for weeks! i have tears in my eyes man at 4 am my laptop is saved ,,i can finally delete files phew
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Thank you so much it really helped me
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how can i remove write protection on cd disk?(i want to delete all the data on cd disk but it says the disk is write protected even format)
Helped!!!thanks bro
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Thank you sir!!! the first tip made my sd card work, LOL not saw that button
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Thnx So much. It helped me alot.
Thanks a lot!! The CMD method helped me.
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Thank you Sir The command prompt was really work for me🔥🔥💞
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why do i have to run after hitting the window key? will it hit me back or somehing?
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heaps thanks, option no 5 works for me !
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Thank u so much
Thanks so much it worked! 😊 great video!
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Thank you very helpful
Thank you so much! the cmd prompt worked for me!!!
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This helped, thanks!
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None of the above worked for me !, it's keep asking to format and when formatting it says Write protected
same here
Did you find a solution? Regedit and cmd didn't work
@@BUDDAz1g to me nothing