How to Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows

[@Britec09]

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

[@genegaskins6834]

Can you use this information for dvd

[@watup110875]

@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]

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]

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

[@kelvohdeflavr8394]

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

[@pengai9344]

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

[@maggieb3851]

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.

[@ACTIONDANhero]

same

[@ryan-oz4gk]

@@ACTIONDANhero yea its stuck on read only

[@alex-reay]

Brilliant, the Command Prompt from 2:35 worked a treat to unlock my external WD SSD drive. I had just used Disk Drill to try and recover some data (unsuccessfully) and then found my drive was write protected!! Thank you very much 🙂

[@OkiDingo]

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

[@allegrifan4933]

32 bit or 64 bit DWORD value?

[@stefanpopovic2394]

@@allegrifan4933 32 bit

[@szaboattila844]

I understood that the idea was to NOT have write protection in the registry.

[@ridhinjoy7425]

Didn"t Work! 😥

[@Hundredstory]

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.

[@khushaal2825]

Once try in windows powershell
Open powershell and type the command
"Format /fs:fat32 G: "
Use as per your fat 32 or ntfs and type the drive name .

[@NekoRuns]

​@@Hundredstory you're my hero. Thank you.

[@SnapshotFlo]

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]

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

[@SnapshotFlo]

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

[@sizk_rl]

I have the same issue

[@kentmr6114]

me too same problem, i tried many way but still cant solve

[@iuoyo4707]

mine is same too

[@johnnyperez5166]

It worked thank you all the partitions were deleted and created a new format and it worked thank youuuuuu!!!!🎉

[@thechallenges5669]

This guy deserves more, you just got a subscriber

[@RandomRads]

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]

my case

[@wayneberry3453]

Same here. Mine was a repack (used) from my local jbhifi

[@niweiyeung4456]

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

[@Britec09]

Glad I could help

[@CycloneFH]

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

[@prakashkhare4159]

Diskpart has encountered an error: the request could not be performed because of an I/0 device error see the system event log for more information

[@caplings]

Thank you so much! I had a locked USB, and your Disk Part instructions saved me.

[@nguyenhoanganh1559]

the minitool helps me a lot,its finally worked

[@rodger3641]

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_]

Are you home?

[@REDZ28won]

@@Suspended_ Not yet!

[@GregM]

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]

I agree, that is the main cause.

[@buffuniballer]

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

[@jakemeals]

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

[@buffuniballer]

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

[@johnmc3862]

@@jakemeals Burn it.

[@akliludesalegn5357]

The last method is perfect, Thanks very much bro...

[@Modrogh]

This video was the absolute lifesaver. Thank you so much and keep up the good work! Subbed!

[@saveworldvenki1762]

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

[@rodicarobu6695]

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

[@blockenginestudios]

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

[@joeg6385]

This helped me format my drive. Thanks a bunch

[@Britec09]

welcome

[@guydaigoji8093]

External drive was working on every computer except one. Did the disk part attribute clear while on the machine that was refusing to write to the disk and it worked one time. Thanks very much

[@clintcorpceo]

Command prompt worked perfect ! Thanks big guy! 👍

[@Nedlius]

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

[@ShaikMoAbdullah]

Thanks for this video. This was a great time saviour. Watched so many videos. Your last solution of diskpart was the one which worked for me
Thank you

[@thetechworld2957]

I've been surfing on UA-cam 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

[@HerschillGabriels]

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

[@andypuhl670]

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) 🥳🥳🥳

[@lancechin5178]

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

[@stevecampisano3116]

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

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@Biyagiefofana]

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

[@mikenapole6359]

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

[@vishalbarot8588]

It worked with MiniTool partition wizard. Thanks man!!

[@atubangan..9310]

How sir to do

[@vishalbarot8588]

@@atubangan..9310 given in the video man

[@nickfrazier2710]

Good ole partition wizard helped! Thank you!

[@witty019]

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

[@brainiac_brian]

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

[@abdulrahmannasser6328]

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

[@panicogalactico7379]

This is the only video that actually helped me out

[@saidmellouki4585]

the last methode is the best , it works , thnks bro

[@whatisit15]

Thank you the partition wizard is a nice addition to my tools and was the only thing that helped me with this issue!

[@firstpep1073]

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]

are u a bot how tf theres no operations tab

[@EasyJr007]

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😅

[@yashinr]

thanks dude the editor thingy worked for me

[@monika_martin]

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]

Did u find a solution?

[@monika_martin]

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

[@elliebq]

I guess it's time to bin it? I think mine got like this because there's an error when i try to download something to it, and i canceled it in the middle of downloading 😢

[@Zaiz777]

Thank you very much. The registry edit worked!

[@mrudulpawar7944]

Thank you so much mate, A life saver

[@garynet20]

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

[@vdtb1758]

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

[@WT-CS-GTA]

CMD always works thanks Brite

[@rsteleanu]

It helped. Thanks man, may God bless you.

[@igronDC]

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

[@sylvia9292]

yep same

[@thisshonrobert7605]

Same for me ..did u found the ans

[@saquibansari7866]

Yeah same here...

[@arham8198]

Did anyone find solution?

[@sharmag34]

No solution contacted the service centre and replaced it

[@TheJonnybeau]

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

[@ChibweKasolo]

Thanks man all i needed was comand prompt 😅

[@sheikhmooinuddin2008]

Truly helped me. Thanks, brother!

[@punpun3257]

I was about to throw away a perfectly fine usb drive. THANK YOU!

[@_Hashim3318_]

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

[@Vinitkayeshynovka]

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

[@hebayusuf4985]

Thank You!! Finally got this issue sorted

[@shoanaleighsparrowingle9859]

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

[@Imranhayat433]

Thank you the last method works perfectly ❤

[@youshouldknow.sweden]

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

[@cloudrat7]

ah dude, it worked perfectly for me, i couldnt find anything online, so easy..

[@Devilidan666]

I can't click anything in the software it only says read only, can someone help me?
4:55

[@RamGopal-bg4oh]

same problem bro did you successful in removing protection?

[@rebelgaming7639]

Same

[@matthewmiller4633]

Thank you for this. Fantastic work.

[@frozen1616]

Diskpart works for me. Thank you.

[@johnnykerbaj4840]

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

[@YTalrix]

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

[@rodsco357]

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]

How

[@hotboat7054]

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?

[@angelbabygirlkaneboh5323]

Thank you brother mini tool was it!

[@tupcool7136]

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

[@lse123polis]

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?

[@hensenmavuna]

WORKED THANK YOU. FIRST SOLUTION.

[@jigarkumar4146]

thanks the wizard method works like charm 👍

[@djskipe]

Thank you bro!
First method works

[@RainFall2112]

Nobody needs a 9 minute video, my
God

[@AtomicusPrime]

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

[@MotasemG]

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

[@andrewinstre]

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!😂

[@nel9177]

omg...thank you... using the command prompt worked

[@Keith.W]

Very informative video Brian, many thanks.

[@Britec09]

Very welcome

[@Terminators4U]

@@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.

[@jerrycurtis98]

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]

Drive is probably bad

[@smartwords360]

Same with me too

[@sushabhansarma]

diskpart worked!
thank you man

[@rsb762]

Awesome. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

[@PortlandMan]

Guide starts at 6:40 thank me later

[@energylab227]

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

[@Formula7Driver]

Same here

[@sudman]

GREAT VIDEO! Saved my butt! Thank you.

[@aaronletchford]

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

[@Britec09]

Welcome

[@mohamedassad753]

This actually worked thank you so much 🙏 ❤

[@michaelhenderson5098]

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. :(

[@dustandashes419]

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.

[@Dooringa]

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!

[@jarrodnewman0514]

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

[@filmdim]

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

[@adamroutley]

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

[@Sidm270]

THX so much for making this you have saved me!

[@OlettaLiano]

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]

Thanks for watching

[@watup110875]

I tried the diskpart as admin but nothing

[@OlettaLiano]

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

[@watup110875]

@@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]

@@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

[@rubendariogp2387]

Loved the video bro
Cheers !