Trick To Disable Write Protection In SD Card Or Pen Drive?

You might have struggled with situations where Windows isn’t able to copy anything to a write-protected storage media. you just got the popup which says that the disk is write-protected please insert new disk or remove write-protection. This article will help you with methods to disable write protection on your SD card or pen drive.

There are times when you feel frustrated because Windows isn’t able to copy any file or folder due to some write protection enabled in your SD card or pen drive. However, Windows can access the content already stored on the storage media without any issue.
Most people consider write protection as a problem but it is actually meant to protect your SD card or pen drive from unauthorized write operations. Sometimes, this advantage itself becomes the cause of heartbreak and irritation on your face. In this article, I’m going tell you about some methods which will help you disable write protection on your SD card or pen drive.

Slide the switch to disable write protection:

SD cards and some pen drives have a switch which is used to enable or disable write protection in it. You might have changed the position of that slider switch. In the case of a micro SD card, put it in an adapter and then try to slide the switch.

Use the antivirus

You can scan your write protected SD card or pen drive using some antivirus software. There are chances that some malware having evil intentions for your SD card.

Disable write protection using command line (CMD)

You might want to go one step further if the above methods aren’t helping you getting the deal. Use Windows Command Prompt to disable write protection in SD card or pen drive.

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.