freak 1,032 Report post Posted October 18, 2013 How to Disable Write Protection on Hard Drive Write-protected drives are locked; users can't delete or change the files on a write-protected hard drive, nor can they format the device. If you attempt to modify a device that's been write-protected, a message such as "This Disk Is Write-Protected. Remove the Write-Protection or Use Another Disk" will appear. Disk-related errors can be a huge source of frustration for a business, particularly if the drive contains critical files or backup data, but you can easily disable write-protection via command line to re-enable access to the drive.Step 1Click Start. Type "cmd" into the search box.Press "Enter" to load the Command Prompt.Step 2Type: diskpartinto the command-line program and then press "Enter" to run DiskPart.Step 3Execute the following command to see the list of available volumes on the PC:list diskStep 4Type:select disk and replace "" with the number assigned to the target hard drive. Press "Enter."Step 5Execute the following command to turn off write-protection:attributes disk clear readonlyClose Command Prompt when the process completes.TipSome drives, particularly USB flash drives, have a physical write-protection mechanism or switch on the drive itself. Push the mechanism into the "Off" position to disable write-protection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites