Find the physical switch on your usb or pen drive.
Usb drive write protected no switch.
If your usb drive is write protected then you will not be able to access all the data stored on it or write any data over it.
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Unlock write protection by using cmd.
Move the switch from on to off.
But the location of this switch on a usb flash drive may differ due to its design.
Some usb flash drives have a physical switch that allows you to lock or unlock the write protection.
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Some usb flash drives have a physical switch which allows you to lock or unlock write protection.
Take out your write protected usb drive to check whether there is a lock switch or not if there is a physical lock switch on the side you should slide the switch to the unlock area.
Check the physical switch.
If your usb drive is not locked using the physical switch then it must be write protected.
Now you can connect the usb to your pc and you can re access or format the device again.
Some usb flash drives have a write protection switch on the side or bottom.
If the media has this switch make sure the switch is set to write not read only.
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If your device has this switch move it to the lock position.
Make sure the switch is slid to the unlock position because you will not be able to transfer files to the usb flash drive if it is locked.
Don t care about the files on the stick i just want to gain functionality again.
Cannot format the usb drive write protected.
You will not be able to transfer files to the usb drive if it is locked.
Check the write protection switch if available.
The location of a switch on a usb flash drive will be different.
How to remove write protection using lock switch.
Thumb drive has no physical switch.
Make sure the lock switch is slid up to unlock position.
Thus you should try another method to unlock your usb drive.
The write protection switch is useful for keeping the contents of your drive safe from malware when you need to view them on a public computer.