USB Flash Drive is write protected. Please remove the write protection from the volume in drive Device. If you're new to the TechRepublic Forums. How to disable Write Protection USB Flash Drives Many of you suffer from this problem and will explain.

I recently purchased a new computer that has Windows 8. One of my many flash/thumb drives is now suddenly marked 'write-protected' when I did nothing to make it so. I found a solution listed for Windows 7. I applied it to my own computer, however it did not change the said drive from write-protected to un-write protected. I simply want to move files to another storage device and re-format the write-protected drive for new files. How do I un-write-protect my flash/thumb drive in the Windows 8 operating system? Hi, DiskPart is a text-mode command interpreter in Windows family.

Activate Neuro Programmer 2 Serial there. This tool enables you to manage objects (disks, partitions, or volumes) by using scripts or direct input at a command prompt. As Robert mentioned, please run CMD as administration, and use this command to clear read-only attribute on your flash drive. Diskpart sel disk attrib disk clear Readonly attrib disk DiskPart Command-Line Options If the issue persists, please follow steps in this article to check the issue: How To Fix Write Protection Errors On a USB Stick This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you.

Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet. If we still fail to fix this issue, I suppose that the chipset of this drive is broken. We may need to reproduce this drive.