Disk is write protected

[vijaykumarsin37]

i am not able to read my pen drive. hen i want to formate my pen drive, it says that disk is write protected

 

[COLGeek]

Many pen/thumb drives (USB drives) have a small switch on them that can be used to "write protect" them. Depending on the version you have, it may be as simple as changing the switch from one seeting to the other. Good luck!