How to remove write protection

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Minu - Feb 21, 2016 at 10:34 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   - Feb 22, 2016 at 03:55 AM
Hello,


My pendrive ( Transcend 8 GB) is write protected. So I can't format it . How to remove write protection?
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Feb 22, 2016 at 03:55 AM
Hi Minu,

Firstly, check if the pendrive has a lock button. Some devices have this additional feature and it is not possible to remove write protection if it is on. Are you trying to format the drive through Disk Management? Try in Safe Mode and if using another PC. If none of this works, try the following Command Prompt commands:
Diskpart
List Disk
Select Disk n (n is the number of the drive)
Attributes disk clear readonly
Clean

Press Enter after every command. Open Disk Management and try to format the drive.
https://ccm.net/forum/affich-801310-removing-write-protection-using-diskpart - check this link for some additional suggestions

Hope this helps

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