How To Enable And Disable Write Protection For USB Devices On Window PC

Write protection allows a SD card or drive to keep its data from being changed. 

Enable Write Protection

These are steps used to enable write protection on Flash drive, Hard drive and SD Card

1. Connect your pendrive or SD card to the computer. Type "CMD" in the start search bar box, Click on Command prompt and run as administrator 
Or press and hold down window key + x, select Command prompt (Admin) and click on it



2. The Command prompt will open. At the command prompt type the following words


Type diskpart and press enter
type list disk and press enter. This will list all of your connected disk 
Type select disk and press enter. Replace # with the number associated with your pendrive
For example..Select disk 1 and press enter
Type attribute disk set readonly and press enter
Type exit

Disable or remove Write Protection 

These are steps used to disable or remove write protection on Flash drive, Hard drive and SD Card

At the command prompt type the following words


Type diskpart and press enter
type list disk and press enter. This will list all of your connected disk 
Type select disk and press enter. Replace # with the number associated with your pendrive
For example..Select disk 1 and press enter
Type attribute disk clear readonly and press enter
Type exit

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