The flash drive says that the disk is write-protected. How to remove write protection from a flash drive
Quite often, users encounter such a problem that when they try to copy some information from removable media, an error appears. She testifies that " The disk is write protected". This message may appear when formatting, deleting, or performing other operations. Accordingly, the flash drive is not formatted, not overwritten, and generally turns out to be absolutely useless.
But there are several ways to solve this problem and unlock the drive. It is worth saying that you can find more similar methods on the Internet, but they will not work. We took only proven methods.
To disable protection, you can use standard means Windows operating system or special programs. If you have a different OS, it's better to go to a friend with Windows and do this operation him. As for special programs, as you know, almost every company has its own software. Many specialized utilities allow you to format, restore a USB flash drive and remove protection from it.
Method 1: Physically disable protection
The point is that on some removable media there is a physical switch that is responsible for write protection. If you put it in the " Included”, it turns out that not a single file will be deleted or recorded, which makes the drive itself practically useless. The contents of the flash drive can only be viewed, not edited. Therefore, first check if this switch is enabled.
Method 2: Special programs
In this section, we will consider the proprietary software that the manufacturer releases and with which you can remove write protection. For example, there is a proprietary program for Transcend JetFlash Online recovery. You can read more about it in the article on restoring drives from this company (method 2).
After downloading and running this program, select the option " Repair drive and keep all data” and click on the button “ start". After that, the removable media will be restored. 
As for flash drives from A-Data, the best option will be USB usage Flash Drive Online Recovery. It is written in more detail in the lesson regarding the devices of this company.
Verbatim also has its own disk formatting software. To learn how to use it, see the article on restoring USB drives.
SanDisk has SanDisk Rescue PRO, also proprietary software that allows you to recover removable media.
Regarding Devices Silicon power, for them there is Silicon Power Recover Tool. In the lesson on formatting the equipment of this company, the process of using this program is described in the first method.
Kingston users are best off using the Kingston Format Utility. The lesson on media from this company also describes how you can format the device with a standard Windows tool (method 6).
Try one of the specialized utilities. If there is no company above whose drives you are using, find desired program using the site's iFlash service. How to do this is also described in the lesson on working with Kingston devices (method 5).
Method 3: Use the Windows Command Prompt
Method 4: Registry Editor
Method 5: Local Group Policy Editor
Using the program launcher window, run " gpedit.msc". To do this, enter the appropriate command in the only field and click the " OK». 
Then go step by step along the following path:
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System
This is done in the panel on the left. Look for the option called " Removable drives: Disable writing". Click on it with the left mouse button twice. 
In the window that opens, check the box next to " Disable". Click " OK» at the bottom, exit the editor group policy.
Restart your computer and try to use your removable media again.
One of these methods should definitely help restore the performance of the flash drive. If all the same, nothing helps, although this is unlikely, you will have to buy a new removable media.
Having a problem with a write-protected flash drive? Don't know how to unlock a flash drive, make it readable? You are trying to write a file to a usb drive or sd card, and in response you receive a message: "the flash drive is write-protected." If you urgently need to copy files to a disk or flash drive, I will show you how to remove protection and format (or erase) the storage medium - for further work familiar and correct.
We use programs to format memory cards and usb flash drives
Some flash drives are equipped with proprietary software. It works better than standard tools Windows formatting. These programs - not always, but nevertheless - will help to remove protection. The disadvantage of this approach is that you lose all data on the media. Therefore, if this is unacceptable to you, go to the next chapter.
2. More universal way force format usb flash drive / sd card - turn to formatting utilities like Hp Disk Format Tool. You can select the file system and formatting type.
Restoring access to a flash drive through the Registry
The method of removing write protection is quite simple, but requires minimal skill and careful handling of the registry editor. If you are not 100% sure of your actions, back up the Windows Registry using the RegOrganizer program for this.
1. Open the Registry Editor (Start - regedit).
2. Change to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ directory. If there is no StorageDevicePolicies folder inside this directory, create it. For this:
3. Right click on the current Control directory
4. From the menu, select New - Partition and name it StorageDevicePolicies.
5. Right-click StorageDevicePolicies and select the new DWORD(32-bit) value for 32-bit OS or DWORD(64-bit) for 64-bit OS, respectively.
6. Rename the dword parameter to WriteProtect, double click on the line, set the value to 0 (HEX).
7. Safely remove the flash drive and restart your computer.
8. Connect the flash drive. Format it if necessary.
Video version of the instruction:
Another solution to remove protection from a disk: using the diskpart utility
diskpart is a console utility included with Windows XP and higher that allows you to flexibly manage hard drives, file volumes, and partitions at a deep access level.
We will try to access the problematic flash drive through the console, and then format the write-protected flash drive.
1. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe). Type "diskpart" to open the utility.
2. Type "list disk" to display a list of available disks in the system.
3. Determine where your USB drive is on the list. Enter "SELECT DISK n", where n is your USB flash drive with a write-protected disk.
Be very careful! Choosing the wrong media will result in you losing all data on the selected drive.
4. Type "clean" (you may have to repeat this command twice or thrice). If nothing works, try other ways to unlock the flash drive.
5. Enter "create partition primary" to create a new partition on the USB flash drive.
6. Type "select partition" to select a partition on the disk
7. Type "active" to make the disk active
8. Enter "format fs=ntfs" to format to NTFS (before formatting the flash drive, make sure you have chosen the right media!).
By the way, the diskpart option is one of best practices format a write-protected flash drive without resorting to third-party tools.
Another way to remove protection from a memory card / flash drive. diskmgmt.msc utility
The protection removal method is suitable for both sd memory cards and usb flash drives. We will need a standard implementation for its implementation. Windows component for disk management - diskmgmt.msc.
- Start - Run. Type diskmgmt.msc into the text box and press Enter
- Right click on the partition you want to format (the letter and partition will help determine)
- Select "Delete volume..." and confirm the operation
- AT context menu select "Create Volume"
- Select primary partition
- Leave all parameters as default
- Click ok
Remove protection from a flash drive through the Windows Group Policy Editor
In some cases, access to the flash drive is limited by the rights of the local Windows group policy. We tell you how to remove protection in a similar situation:
- Start - Run - .
- In the panel that opens, navigate to the next section: "Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Removable Storage Access".
- Next, you need to deactivate the "Removable drives: Deny reading" option by switching to the "Disabled" state.
Other Working Methods for Removing File Write Protection
If none of the above recipes helped, well, other methods will probably work, how to remove protection from a flash drive (the list will be updated over time).
- Check your flash drive for viruses. Some malicious applications establish their own control over files, as a result, the flash drive is protected from writing data belonging to viruses. How to remove the protection in this case? For scanning, we recommend using the best antiviruses.
- Check if there is a hardware button on the flash drive that allows you to physically unlock it (there is a switch on the side that needs to be moved towards the open lock). However, today such usb flash drives and sd cards are very rare - basically, these are old models of devices.
- Update the flash drive firmware, you can find the exact model on Google by chip vendor and chip vendor model, see Device Manager.
Conclusion. Although it is not always possible to determine why a flash drive is write-protected, of the many methods described, at least one is working. If none of the ways to remove protection from a flash drive helped you, it remains to replace usb drive- in other words, buy a new one.
However, ask questions on the topic - you can do this through the sidebar on our website. We'll try to help.
The media is write-protected: what to do? FAQ
Flash drive 32 gig WANSENDA when formatting. When you try to delete a file, it asks you to remove the write protection from the disk or use another. What to do, how to remove write protection? I can't delete or upload files to a flash drive.
Answer. Try to remove protection from your flash drive through the Registry, using the diskpart or diskmgmt.msc utilities (included with Windows). Format the flash drive with special programs - Low level format or Disk format tool (see the beginning of the guide).
All formatting attempts give me one result: remove protection, the card is write-protected. I removed the protection in all sorts of ways, but it comes back, I can’t do anything. The phone gives information about the malfunction of the card and cannot format it in any way. Comp and laptop accept, but formatting fails.
Can you tell me what to do, how to remove protection from the sd card? Other phones and digital camera didn't help.
Answer. Try to reset the protection using the methods described in the article and immediately format the memory card in FAT32. Check if there is a switch on the sd card (maybe it is set in the wrong position, so the memory card is write-protected).
I can't format a SONY 64GB flash drive, copy and delete files on it. The system says the disk is write protected. What to do? I've tried everything you have. Does not help. Flash bought in mvideo, about 3 months ago, worked properly before.
Answer. For some users, removing protection helps proprietary utility jet flash recovery. It allows you to format a flash drive at a low access level. If it doesn't help, try removing the write protection from the disk through the registry or command line. After that, restart your computer.
I have samsung phone S3600 stopped writing files to the card. The most interesting thing is that there are two photos and one video left on the map - there is NO way to delete them at all. They are deleted from the computer, but then appear again on the map. I can’t write anything on the card - at first everything seems to be there, but there is nothing on the phone ... as if not. I didn’t drop the phone, didn’t drown it, just suddenly the card stopped working, and even so bizarrely. He sees the card, but does not write anything to it and does not delete anything from it ... How to remove write protection on a USB flash drive?
Answer. You can remove write protection on a flash drive through forced formatting. This can be done through the diskpart console utility for Windows or various graphical utilities like SDFormatter or Hp disk format tool.
It is possible that the files are not deleted due to read errors in sectors that contain non-deleted files. You can check the flash drive for errors through Properties - Tools - Check in Explorer.
After the navigator with ADRplayer, I can not delete files from the SD card (including write-protected ones). Recognized by Windows as a 118 MB disk with ADRplayer on it. The files are all played by this program. Formatting is not possible on Windows.
Answer. Since the disk of the sd card is write-protected, you need to format it in NTFS via the command line (using the diskpart utility) or using the diskmgmt.msc system utility. In addition, there is a wonderful program for sd cards called SDFormatter - it removes write protection.
it’s not clear what happened to the flash card, when you connect the card to the computer, it says “To use the disk in drive J, first format it.” options didn't help.
The way through diskmgmt.msc after right-clicking on the flash drive does not allow "delete volume" and other actions are simply not active. The file system of the flash card is Raw, and the system writes that it is working. What to do, how to remove write protection from a flash drive, reanimate it?
Answer. In addition to diskmgmt.msc, try removing write protection on the flash drive through the Registry or using the diskpart console utility. For formatting, use non-standard Windows tools, but, for example, Low level format. If after these manipulations the disk is still write-protected, try opening the flash drive in another operating system, use third-party software to manage disks on the flash drive - say, Acronis Disk Director.
I bought a mini sd for a 128gb SanDisk phone. Insert into phone samsung galaxy A5 (2016), it will work for a while and then it will block writing to it. whatever he did: he formatted it through the PC, and through the phone - all to no avail, it will work for a while and then again blocks the recording. How to format a protected flash drive?
Answer. The file table on the memory card may be corrupted, making it impossible to write new data. In such cases, it is recommended to check the disk for errors using the standard chkdsk tool (Start - Run - chkdsk). If that doesn't help, format the sd card using the sd formatter desktop app. Judging by the reviews, the utility has helped many users when formatting a flash drive. You can also format the sd card via recovery menu by rebooting the phone in the appropriate mode and selecting the Wipe cache partition option.
I ordered a USB flash drive from the Internet. I initially formatted it, but I didn’t like that she didn’t read and see all the formats. I decided to format completely, without a checkmark, only (table of contents). now a laptop with Windows 10 sees it, but requires it to be formatted. I format, but the flash drive is not formatted - the disk is write-protected. I already tried to do something (download programs), but I don’t understand, I’m still far from it, however.
Answer. In your case, it is desirable to format a USB flash drive not with standard Windows tools, I use specialized software - fortunately, the choice is wide. First of all, look for programs specifically for your flash drive on the manufacturer's website. If not found, use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool or any disk manager like Acronis Disk Director. As file system specify NTFS or exFAT.
1) 16 GB Sandisk ultra USB 3.0 flash drive. Tried everything from renaming letters to cleaning the registry. As soon as you start formatting (including through partition management), a message pops up that Windows cannot do this and the flash drive disappears from view. I also tried HDD Low Level Format Tool v4.40 Final - the same thing happens as described above. How to format a write-protected flash drive?
2) I can't format my micro SD card. He writes: “Windows could not complete formatting.” I already tried different programs and the command line. It still doesn’t format. I just can’t delete files. I click “delete”, removed the USB flash drive and put it back. The file that I deleted is there again I can neither delete nor format.
Answer. Try other formatting programs: SDFormatter or software available on the developer's website (sometimes you can use them to format a USB flash drive bypassing system errors). In addition to Disk Management, you can use any disk manager like Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director.
You can also assume that the problem is related to Windows or the computer's configuration. Try to format the flash drive on another computer or in another OS environment (Windows/Mac OS/Linux).
Writing files to removable storage- the simplest operation personal computer that millions of users use every day. But not all users understand the true causes of such an error. In this article, we will understand the causes of the error and how to fix it.
Causes of the "Disk is write-protected" error. Why microsd card is write protected
The verbatim text of the notification looks like this: “The disk is write-protected. You need to remove the protection or use another disk." The appearance of this message is quite logical if operating system does not have the ability to write to disk - for one reason it is prohibited.
Causes of failures can be software or hardware. Software and hardware failures occur both in the computer OS and in the file system of the drive. But before deciding what to do, you need to understand the causes of this phenomenon.
The main ways to protect a flash drive (memory card) or disk from writing
Methods for protecting information on a flash drive, as well as types of failures, can be conditionally divided into two groups: hardware and system.
One of the options for hardware protection is a mechanical switch on the drive case in the “lock” position.
System protection is a set of programs and utilities specially designed to ensure data security. For example, a lock is set to Windows registry or disable recording by group policy.
The easiest way to remove protection from a flash drive - Total commander
Total Commander- one of the oldest Windows managers, but still popular with users, as it has good functionality and easy to handle. You can remove protection in TC using the following algorithm:
- Open "Configuration".
- Open the File Operations tab.
- Choose " automatic way copying".
hardware method. Windows Command Prompt - Diskpart
Important: You need to run the command prompt as an administrator.
To remove protection with command line, you need to act according to the following algorithm:
- Go to the start menu.
- Find the application "Command line" (also the command line is launched by the key combination Win + R).
- Enter the Diskpart command and press the “Enter” key at the command prompt, thereby launching the disk manager application on the system.
- Enter the Attributes disk clear readonly command and press the “Enter” key, thereby disabling the “read-only” mode.
- Enter the Clean command and press the “Enter” key, thereby deleting all partitions and volumes of the disk.
- Type in the Create Partition Primary command and press the “Enter” key, thereby creating the primary disk partition from scratch.
The ability to write to a USB flash drive is often blocked by numerous malware that enter the computer system through other external media connected to the device or the Internet.
To find and eliminate them, you need to download an antivirus, such as Dr.Web CureIt, and scan the system for malicious code.
Mechanical protection. Flash card recording mode switch
Some flash drives are equipped with special write protection mechanisms. They are located on the body of the device, on the outside. The device looks like a small switch.
Important: Such switches are more common on SD cards, but some USB models also have them.
To activate the ability to write to a disk, just put the switch slider in the desired “OnLock” position.
Windows Tools. Group Policy Configuration (gpedit.msc)
How to remove protection set as a result of local group policy settings? This restriction is removed according to the following algorithm of actions:
- Activate Windows key + R command line.
- Enter the command Gredit.msc in the search box, click OK.
- In the new window, navigate through the tabs: Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>Removable Storage Access.
- Go to the line "Prohibit reading".
- Double click on the line.
- In the new window, activate "Apply"> OK.
Registry editor. Removing write protection with regedit
Registry Editor - standard program embedded in modern system Windows. The application edits registry keys, sets new parameters by default, restores files from backups.
To remove protection using the editor, you need to follow the following algorithm:
- Make an entrance to the registry editor program by activating the Win + R keys.
- Type Redegit in the search bar and click OK.
- Find one of the registry branches called: HKey Local Machine
- From the drop-down list, select the branch System.
- From the drop-down list under this branch, select Current Control Set, then Control
- From the list of subsections select StorageDevicePolicies
- Check the WhiteProtect parameter in the program interface
- Change the parameter value from 1 to 0.
- Close the editor, restart the OS.
What to do if the disk is write-protected and the flash drive is not formatted - Low-level formatting
If the above attempts to remove protection did not bring results, then it is worth using the low-level formatting method of the drive to clear and recreate all tables of the flash card file system. At the same time, you need to remember that in this case the recorded data will be lost, but the damaged disk memory will be restored. A full format will block the damaged areas of the USB and the system will not be able to write data to them in the future.
To carry out the operation, the Low Lewel Format Tool program is suitable. The application clears the partition table, boot sectors, and even manufacturer data - every last byte. Available on the Internet free version program, but it works slower than a paid counterpart.
Non-typical causes of the "Disk is write-protected" error
The reasons why disk writes are blocked can be conditionally divided into common and atypical, more rare ones. The second group includes file system errors, wear or physical damage to the flash drive, microcontroller failures, and USB port failures.
- Fatal errors of the flash card file system
In case of violation of the sequence of storage and naming of information in the memory of the drive, the structure of the file system is damaged. Logical errors are made after incorrectly removing the flash drive from the connector, memory wear, power surges and other processes. The disk is blocked, and the system reports the need to format it. To correct the situation you need:
- Attempt to recover data using the correct software for this media.
- Perform formatting high level with file system recovery.
The role of physical damage to the carrier is a factory defect, cracks, overheating in motherboards and microchips. Also, physical damage is provoked by violations of operating and storage conditions, power surges, loosening of USB connectors.
- Microcontroller failures or complete wear of the flash drive
The flash memory and the computer "communicate" with each other using a controller chip built into the external drive. The controller is controlled by a microprogram recorded in the chip. Sometimes, in case of unsafe removal of a flash drive or horse races electric current, arises software failure controller. A clear sign of the onset of such a malfunction: a write lock. Also, blocking occurs due to wear of the memory chip, overcoming the threshold of rewriting cycles. The system goes into information protection mode to stop the process of memory destruction. Flashing the microcontroller with the help of special programs will help to eliminate failures.
The USB port turns off spontaneously on the computer rarely, but still this error happens. To check if the port is working, you must first try to connect other devices to it. If the port sees the smartphone, keyboard and other devices unstable or completely refuses to notice them, then it does not function. If the user sees a system message about the write protection of the disk, it is not associated with a malfunction of the USB ports. But the administrator can disable them intentionally to protect the data from being downloaded. How to remove write protection from a flash drive if the port is disabled?
In this case, you need to enable USB according to the following algorithm of actions:
- Enter BIOS system while holding the F2 or F10 keys.
- Find values for USB Controller.
- Set the Enabled parameter for these values.
- Confirm the changes by activating the F10 key.
- Restart PC.
How to remove protection from excel sheet
If the Excel sheet is not allowed to be edited, the application toolbar is inactive, and the user does not have access to most functions. When you try to make changes, the program will display a message stating that the sheet is protected. To unlock a sheet, the following steps will be required:
- Click on "File".
- Activation of the "Unprotect" link in a new window.
- Enter password. Without knowing the password, the protection cannot be removed.
AT old version Excel to remove the lock you need:
- Activate the "Service" item.
- Select the Protection tab from the list.
- Activate the Unprotect Sheet command.
- Enter password.
Programs for fixing write errors and formatting protected flash drives
Flash drive manufacturers understand that failures can occur in their products for various reasons, so every well-known brand creates utilities to fix them. Useful programs available on manufacturers' websites. For example, the program for Kingston is called Kingston Format Utility, Transcend - JetFlash Recovery. Programs are freely available on manufacturers' websites.
Problems with flash drives have been known since their appearance, these are the impossibility of formatting, blocking writes to the drive, the appearance of incomprehensible errors. Today we will analyze the case when the flash drive is write-protected, by the way, this solution can later help with .
Let's say you want to throw something on a USB flash drive, that is, write down information, when you try to do this, a message like this may appear: "Disk is write-protected, remove protection or use another disk", or simply that the disk is write-protected. solved this problem in several ways, which we will now deal with.
The flash drive is write protected how to remove protection - options?
In general, there are two ways to remove protection, software and hardware. Hardware way can not be used on all drives, but only on those where there is a special switch. For example, it is on SD card readers on the side, there will be an inscription Lock. As you can see, everything is simple, you just need to switch the lever.
software way. I think you are also clear. To unlock the flash drive, we will use standard Windows tools, for example, the command line, or third-party programs.
How to remove write protection from a flash drive using the registry?
Let's move on to the main process. The first option is to use . To enter it, we open a window "Run" by pressing keys Win+R and enter the command there regedit. Another option, in the search we enter "regedit" and in the results we open the registry on behalf of the administrator.
Now we need to go to the StorageDevicePolicies section. It is located along the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
By the way, I already said how to quickly switch to one or another branch.
If you did not find this section there, then create it. To do this, click on the previous section control and choose "Create", after "Chapter" and name it StorageDevicePolicies.
Now, in this section, we have to create a parameter DWORD (32 bits), we do exactly the same. Name this parameter WriteProtect.
Click on the created parameter twice and make sure that its value is 0, if not, change it to zero and save.
After that, you need to exit the registry, pull out the flash drive and restart the computer. When the system boots up, insert the flash drive again. Now you can write any information to the flash drive, since protection is disabled.
If this option does not work, move on to the next one.
Remove protection from a flash drive using the command line
Another programmatic solution to the problem is to use the diskpart command on the command line.
We open the command prompt as an administrator, for this in Windows 10 you can right-click on and select the appropriate item, or enter cmd in the search and open as administrator.
The next step is to enter the command in the command line diskpart and then enter list disk .
Now you need to understand what number the flash drive has. The easiest way to understand this is by volume.
Once you have figured out which number belongs to the desired flash drive, you need to enter the command on the command line select disk"flash drive number » , that is, if the flash drive had number 1, then the command would look like this: select disk 1.
Thus we have chosen desired disk, further, we clear the attributes, for this we enter the command attributes disk clear readonly .
If you have a task to format the drive, then first enter these commands:
- clean– cleaning
- create partition primary- create a section
- format fs = ntfs- format in NTFS format
- If you are formatting to FAT format, then the command will be: format fs = fat
The read attribute is written in the article -. If you are interested in how to use it for disks and partitions, then read.
Removing protection using the Local Group Policy Editor
I must say right away that this utility is contained only in professional versions of Windows, for example, in Windows 10 Pro or Windows 8 Pro. You won't see this in home editions.
To enter the group policy editor, you need to press the combination Win+R and in the window that opens enter the command gpedit.msc.
In the editor window, we must go to the next section: Computer configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Access to removable storage devices. We find there the parameter "Removable drives: Deny recording", if it is in the "Enabled" state, then disable it.
To do this, you need to double-click on this parameter, a window will open where we put the checkbox in the position "Disable" and then press "OK".
This problem comes at the most inopportune moment. During an urgent copying of information, a read error alert suddenly appears, since the flash drive is protected. You can learn a quick solution, within 5 minutes, of this task from our article.
The manual will describe several ways to unlocking USB flash drive protection, if the disk has write protection, as well as possible reasons for its appearance.
What causes the message "Disk is write-protected" to appear?
How to Remove Mechanical Write Protection on a Portable USB/SD Device
This issue is solved mechanically in a couple of seconds.
Carefully inspect the flash drive or SD card for a small switch. Perhaps the toggle switch is located on the end of the device.
If the switch is in the right position, then the device is write-locked, and to remove protection, return the toggle switch to the left position, and options with the opposite function are also possible - open on the right side, blocked on the left. Usually positions are marked with padlocks or the signature Lock/UnLocked.
Advice! Try file transfer options with different toggle switch positions.
How to remove write protection in the "Registry Editor"
If you do not see a line in the right column named "StorageDevicePolicies", then you should follow the steps below:
How to remove write protection through the "Command line"
One way to remove the USB device error when trying to write is to use the "Command Prompt" to enable writing.
- In the Windows search engine (next to the Start button or in its menu), write cmd and select the requested item. Open it with the right mouse button to run as administrator.
- Next, in the line you need to enter the command "Diskpart" (write all commands or copy without quotes). Use the Enter key after each command entered.
- Enter "list disk".
- Type "select disk 1" (1 in this example- flash drive).
- Entering the text "attributes disk clear readonly" will delete all data on the USB drive.
- The new "clean" command will remove all downloaded files from the flash drive.
- To create a partition, use the "create partition primary" command.
- Enter the command "format fs=fat32", which will format to FAT32.
- Enter the "exit" command to exit the "Command Prompt". Now you can restart your PC and check the USB flash drive by writing some files to it.
How to remove protection through the "Local Group Policy Editor"
This method may also have the effect of fixing the disk write error.
Step 1. To launch the Policy Editor menu, use the two keys " Win + R"And enter" gpedit .msc", Activate the command with the Enter key or the" OK".
Step 2 AT " local computer"You should use "Computer Configuration" and select "Administrative Templates".
Step 4 In the right part of the editor, select in turn all the sections "Removable drives" and activate the "Disable" value:
Close the Local Group Policy Editor window and restart your PC.
How to recover a Transcend flash drive using the JetFlash Recovery Tool
You can download the program if you follow the link: https://www.transcend-info.com/Support/Software-3/ and install it on your computer. This free version is available for download with USB recovery features. The utility interface will be clear even to an inexperienced PC user, and in a short time, within 5 minutes, you will be able to fix the error that occurs when starting a USB flash drive.
In the example, a transcend jetflash v30 2Gb flash drive will be used.
In case of fatal, a window will appear with a warning that your flash drive cannot be fixed using the program.
Top 5 Software to Disable Write Protection
| A photo | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jet Flash Recovery | The program supports manufacturers of flash drives A-DATA, JetFlash, Transcend. System resources are practically not used, due to simple interface and basic functions of a non-demanding utility. Brings significant fixes in restoring the working functionality of flash drives | |
| USB Flash Drive Online Recovery | A free utility designed to recover a flash drive. The English version has a simple and clear interface. Without an internet connection, it refuses to scan and fix errors. Requires user registration | |
| Kingston Format Utility | Fixes all common bugs with protection and other bugs. During diagnostics, it permanently cleans all files. Support only with FAT32 system. A separate installation of the utility is not required, no registration, no ads and absolutely free. | |
| HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool | uncomplicated, universal utility, with a simple English-language interface to remove protection from a flash drive. Designed to format a wide range of USB device manufacturers. With the provided application, bootable flash media with MS-DOS OS are created | |
| AlcorMP | The program for the "resurrection" of flash drives from the microchip manufacturer Alcor is more suitable for experienced PC users. The utility analyzes the memory of a USB drive and can be used to reflash the device controller. The developers stopped developing their program, but the released version continues to steadily, confidently heal and restore flash drives, correcting write errors |
Video - How to remove write protection from a USB flash drive and sd memory cards
