This article provides 4 solutions that can be used to remove the write protection from any USB or Flash Drive to make the data saved in it accessible.
If you have lost data saved in the USB drive prior to or after removing the write protection, then utilize a USB file recovery tool such as Remo.
Flash drive write protected!!! You can’t access it anymore…
Do you think so? Well, indeed, you can’t access write write-protected flash drive. But you can remove the write protection from the flash drive to make it accessible. Here I have listed out a few techniques that can be useful to remove the write protection from flash drives. Try it out-
Some flash drive comes with Write Protect Switch. So first, check whether your flash drive has this switch or not. If the flash drive has the switch and is locked, move it to the unlocked position. And try to open your flash drive.
If you are still getting the Write Protected error? Then try the next one…
Go to your flash drive and now try to open it. If you are still unable to open your flash drive, then move to the next procedure.
I recommend you use this method only if you are technically aware of the registry. Otherwise, it is better to take any expert advice.
Remove your flash drive and connect it back to check whether it is write-protected.
If all the methods mentioned above fail to remove write protection from the flash drive, the next option is to format the flash drive. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, formatting erases all the data, but at least you can reuse your flash drive, and by using the USB Drive Recovery Software, you can get back your erased data from a flash drive. You know how to format the flash drive, right? Right-click on a flash drive and press Format option.
If your flash drive shows a write protection error due to corruption, you can’t even format it.
But you can recover your data from a flash drive with the help of Remo Recover.
Remo Recover is a powerful USB data recovery software that is built to recover more than 500 types of files that were lost due to any reason from any USB drive with absolute ease.
Download the tool now and recover files from the write-protected USB drive.
Download and install Remo USB Drive Recovery software. Then, attach a flash drive to the system on which you have installed the software and do as follows:
Conclusion:
Here we end our article on removing the write protection on the USB flash drive. Where I have explained 4 DIY solutions, such as unlocking the Flash Drive, talked about changing the Windows Registry and the attributes using the Diskpart, and formatting the drive. In the end, I have also explained to you how to recover files lost during or after encountering the write protection error.
I hope you have found this article helpful in answering your question.