How to remove write protection

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Minu - 21 Feb 2016 à 10:34
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   - 22 Feb 2016 à 03:55
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 1 September 2014 Status Member Last seen 20 February 2017   155
22 Feb 2016 à 03:55
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