Can't edit or delete files on your USB? It might be write-protected! Here's how to fix it and get your drive working again.

How to Remove Write Protection Using Lock Switch If your computer indicates the media is write-protected, search for a write protection switch (also known as a lock switch) on the USB drive or SD ...

Learn how to format a write-protected USB pen drive or flash drive or SD card on Windows 11/10. Remove Read-only attributes using diskpart.

How to Unlock Write Protection on My USB Drive in Windows 7. Enabling write protection on a Universal Serial Bus drive prevents users from adding, copying or deleting data from the device.

The main purpose of enabling USB write access is to maintain the integrity of USB data storage. In this post, we will show you the ways you can enable or disable USB Write access on Windows 11/10.

Remove the write-protection or use another disk" when attempting to save files or other data to the drive.

I was recently having an issue with write protection on my USB drives using Windows 7. I was attempting to create a custom slip stream image for Windows XP booting from a USB flash drive.