If you get an error message when using USB: "The disk is write protected". Please refer khổng lồ this post khổng lồ learn how lớn remove write protection from a USB drive in Windows 11/10/8/7.
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Nowadays, many office workers are accustomed khổng lồ carrying a USB with them for data transfer, storage or to lớn create a Windows to lớn Go workspace on the computer. But sometimes, when you need lớn format the USB or write data on the USB, you will get the error message: The disk is write protected. What is write protection? Please watch the following part.
✍ What is write protectedon USB?
Write protection (also called read-only) can be physical or virtual. A USB drive is enabled with write protection has the ability lớn 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.
So is there any way khổng lồ remove write protection from USB in Windows 10 or 11? Don"t worry, this article aims khổng lồ provide you with some không lấy phí ways khổng lồ remove write protection from USB.
How to remove write protection from USB drive effectively
If you are unable khổng lồ remove write protection from USB drive, please read this article patiently. The following will introduce you 5 safe and effective methods to remove write protection from USB stick in Windows 11,10, 8 and 7, including a professional third-party write protection removal tool.
│ Method 1. Check physical write protection switch(if available)
Some USB flash drives have a physical switch which allows you khổng lồ 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 lớn unlock position. You will not be able khổng lồ 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 Method 2.
│ Method 2. Clear read-only attributes with stockonmobile.com utility
stockonmobile.com is a command-line tool built into Windows that you can use to remove write protection from USB. Please refer lớn the following steps:
Step 1. Press "Windows + R". In the pop-up Run dialog box, type "stockonmobile.com"and hit Enter to open the stockonmobile.com Command Prompt.
Step 2. Type the following commands one by one & hit Enter after each:
● list disk - all of the disks connected khổng lồ the computer will be displayed, including internal hard drives.
● select disk n - where n is the number of USB flash drive. You can use the kích cỡ column lớn identify which one it is.
● attributes disk clear readonly - change your USB"s properties so that it is no longer read-only.
Step 3. Close stockonmobile.com Command Prompt and re-plug your USB flash driveto kiểm tra if the write protection error is resolved. If not, please try the next step.
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│ Method 3. Disable write protection through editing the registry
Step 1. Press "Windows + R" on your keyboard. In the pop-up Run dialog box, type "regedit" and hit Enter to xuất hiện the Registry Editor.
Step 2. Expand the entries on the left-hand pane to lớn navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl
Step 3. Right-click theControl(folder) key, selectNew, and click onKey. Name the new keyStorageDevicePolicies.
Step 4. Select the newly created key, và right-click on the white space at the right-hand pane. SelectNew, & click onDWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new DWORDWriteProtect.
Step 5. Double-click the newly created DWORD và change its value from1to0. Click “OK” to lớn apply the change.
Tips:1 means “Yes, write protect my USB storage devices.” Conversely, 0 means “No, don’t write protect my USB storage devices.”
Step 6. Close Registry Editor và restart your computer.
│ Method 4. Turn off BitLocker to remove write protection from USB
If your USB has BitLocker enabled, it uses its encryption to protect your files. Khổng lồ turn off BitLocker on a USB stick, you must have a password or recovery key. If you don"t have any options, you must reformat the drive.
Here are the detailed steps to lớn unlock a write-protected BitLocker USB on PC:
Step 1. Open“File Explorer”and look for the storage device you have in mind. If the icon has a padlock, BitLocker was enabled for the device.
Step 2. Right-click on the icon & go to“Manage BitLocker.”This step takes you lớn the BitLocker Drive Encryption window, where a danh mục of all storage units và their encryption status display.
Step 3. All you need to bởi vì now is click on the protected USB drive and select“Turn off BitLocker.”Enter the password or select other options & choose lớn enter the recovery key. The status shows that the device is getting decrypted and, upon completion, the BitLocker is turned off.
After you’ve disabled BitLocker, try to lớn copy something on the USB stick again và see if the problem got resolved.
│ Method 5. Format write-protected USB with miễn phí write protection removal tool
If you"ve tried all steps above & still can"t remove write protection from USB drive, the reason might be corrupted tệp tin system. Lớn settle out it, you can try to lớn format the USB drive. The problem is how to format a write-protection USB?
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is a free partition manager software và disk management tool for computers running 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1/8, Windows 7, Vista và XP. It supports all types of disk, including mechanical hard drive, SSD, SSHD, external hard drive, USB flash drive, SD card, etc. It enables you to lớn format write-protection USB easily and quickly.
