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Monday 22 August 2016

Disable write protection In SD Card Or Pen Drive using command line (CMD)


Here are the steps:
  1. Connect your write protected SD card to your computer.
  2. Right Click on Start. Click Command Prompt (Admin). Click Yes in the UAC message.
  3. Type diskpart and hit Enter.
  4. Type list disk and hit Enter. Here, you’ll be able to see a list of storage media connected to your computer like your internal hard drive, SSD, pen drive, or SD card via an adapter.
  5. Type select disk <number of your disk>. Example, select disk 1 in my case. Make sure you enter the number correctly and don’t end up changing the attributes of your internal hard drive or any other storage media.
  6. Type attributes disk clear readonly and press Enter.
  7. Type exit and press Enter to get out of the diskpart utility. Type exit and press Enter again to get out of the command line.
Now you’re done with disabling write protection in your pen drive or SD card. Windows will be able to copy files and folders to your SD card.

Disable Write Protection by formatting the SD card or pen drive

If the command line methods don’t work and you can format the SD card and get rid of write protection. Here are the steps:
  1. Connect the SD card or Pen drive to your computer.
  2. Open My Computer/This PC.
  3. Right Click on your SD card/pen drive and click Format in the drop-down menu.
  4. Click Restore device defaults in the next window.
  5. Click Start.
  6. Click Ok the warning message.
The format process will take a few moments. After this, you’ll be able to use your SD card normally.

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