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xyloreinelace Posts 14 Registration date Friday May 15, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 25, 2015 - May 15, 2015 at 09:13 AM
Boogieman_WD Posts 275 Registration date Friday October 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2016   - May 15, 2015 at 10:07 AM
Hi, how can i remove write protected to wd elements 1tb????

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Boogieman_WD Posts 275 Registration date Friday October 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2016   37
May 15, 2015 at 10:07 AM
Hey there, xyloreinelace.

Sorry to hear about the issues that you're having with your drive. Have you experienced any problem with the drive before it was write protected? Did you turn on the write protection of the HDD and if "yes" what method did you use?
Do you have any data you need recovered from the drive?
I'd recommend that you try the drive with a different computer and a different USB cable (not longer than 12") to see if the same thing happens.

You could also take a look at this article's tips on removing write protection: https://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Write-Protection Try methods 2 and/or 3.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

WD Representative
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