{"id":15390,"date":"2021-03-03T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.remosoftware.com\/info\/?p=15390"},"modified":"2024-02-06T06:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T06:29:31","slug":"sd-card-read-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remosoftware.com\/info\/sd-card-read-only","title":{"rendered":"SD Card Read Only? This is How You Change SD Card From Read Only Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
You copied a few files onto your SD card, and all of a sudden you see a notification \u201cThe Disk is Write Protected\u201d.<\/strong>Other cases like trying to open documents stored on the SD card and getting the same notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On other devices such as cameras or phones, if the SD card is locked, you will see a notification saying storage is set to private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happens when the SD card is set to read-only, so here is how you change the SD card from read-only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generally, in this scenario, the majority of the discussion forums recommend users just format the SD card. However, when the SD card is SD card locked in read-only, you\u00a0won't able to format the micro\/SD card<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In such situations, the only way to fix it is by disabling the write protection on the SD card. This read-only error will also occur on all sorts of storage drives, such as USB drives, internal, and external hard drives, and even on write-protected folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The following methods expand on how to change the SD card from the Read-only mode. The same information can also be used to fix these errors across storage drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are the methods to fix Memory Card Read-Only Mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t On all the full-sized SD cards there is a physical switch or a notch available that can be used to lock the SD card. Flipping that notch towards the lock in the designated direction (which will be indicated on the SD card) is going to make the SD card read-only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To change the read-only attribute, you just have to move the notch in the opposite direction. This is going to fix the read-only problem on the SD card.<\/p>\n\n\nHow to Fix if the Disk is Write Protected?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6 Methods to Fix SD Card Read-only Mode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Method 1: Unlock the Switch to Change SD Card From Read Only<\/h3>\n\n\n\n