How To Remove Read/Write Protection On A USB Flash Drive using Windows Commander

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Often times we come across a couple of our colleagues or friends USB flash drive that isn't accessible or it simply will not allow you to write any files onto it. This tutorial will show how you can simply remove Read/Write protection on your culprit USB flash drive. Do note, the following steps is applicable for all version of Microsoft's platforms.

■Make sure your USB flash drive is plugged into an available USB port on your system.

■Open the “Start Menu” by clicking the “Start Button” in the lower left corner of the screen or by tapping the “Windows” key on your keyboard.




■Type CMD




We will need administrator privileges with an elevated command prompt.
■Right click CMD and Run as Administrator.




■Type diskpart and tap Enter.




■Type list disk and tap Enter.




You should be greeted with an table whereby each Disk represents a physical disk.



Select the disk that is your USB drive, (notably the last disk listed in the table), or in this case, it's Disk 2.

■Type select disk 2 and tap Enter.




■Type attributes disk clear readonly and tap Enter.




You have now cleared the USB drive of any Read-only attributes that were on the drive preventing the read/write to initiate.




■Type exit.

■Close Windows Commander to go about working with your newly unlocked USB flash drive.