Don’t you just hate it when you buy a
Pendrive or a
Memory card
and there’s nothing you can do to it? Whether it comes with software on
it, or you’re just trying to use it for any other purpose, you should
have the right to change things up however you like. In this guide, you will be shown how to Remove Write Protection From
Pendrive and Memory Card. It’s a fairly simple process, so be sure to
follow each and every step carefully. This guide is for information
purposes and we are
not responsible for anything that may happen to your device in the process. Before we proceed, what is Write protection exactly? Write Protection
is when the manufacturer locks the device down from being written on
and prevents unauthorized access to add, change or delete the files on
the device. While the uses of write protection is a good thing because
it prevent files from being tampered with and the manufacturer can make
sure all users are getting the same files, but it’s also very
inconvenient. To remove this protection, to you will need to
format the drive. In this guide, I will show you exactly how to do that. Follow each
and every step carefully, please. Windows platform is used for the
purpose of this guide.
How to Remove Write Protection From Pendrive ?
Step 1: Plug in your pendrive into your USB 2.0 on
your computer. In order to make sure the computer has read your
pendrive, you can go down to your bottom left on Windows, you will
notice a small USB drive icon. If you click that, it will say “Removable
Disk.” This means that the pendrive has been read successfully. You
can take a backup of your files from the pendrive or Memory card,
Because we here are going to format it Completely.
Step 2: Next we need to open up
command prompt. You can do this by simply going to “
Start”, then just search for “
Command Prompt”, or you can simply just type in “
cmd” and command prompt should pop up.
Step 3: In the command prompt, type in the drive letter of your pen drive with a colon at the end, like this: “
F: ” but without the quotation marks.
S
tep 4: After putting in the previous command, type in “
format” without the quotation marks. Here’s how to do it: “
format F:” and then press “Enter.”
This should get the process started to remove write protection. Make
sure that you are entering the right command with the right drive
letter. If you have more than one pen drive plugged in, make sure that
you do select the right one as you can accidentally format the wrong
drive, causing loss of data.
Step 5: After the process is complete, proceed to closing command prompt.
Congratulations! You’re successfully removed the write protection on your drive.
