The location of a switch on a usb flash drive will be different.
Usb drive write protected no switch.
Some usb flash drives have a physical switch that allows you to lock or unlock the write protection.
If your usb drive is write protected then you will not be able to access all the data stored on it or write any data over it.
Find the physical switch on your usb or pen drive.
Now you can connect the usb to your pc and you can re access or format the device again.
Don t care about the files on the stick i just want to gain functionality again.
Try the solutions below to format the write protected usb.
Manufacturer contact was no help.
The write protection switch is useful for keeping the contents of your drive safe from malware when you need to view them on a public computer.
Move the switch from on to off.
If your usb drive is not locked using the physical switch then it must be write protected.
Take out your write protected usb drive to check whether there is a lock switch or not if there is a physical lock switch on the side you should slide the switch to the unlock area.
If your computer tells you the media is write protected look for a write protection switch also called a lock switch on the usb or sd card.
Make sure the lock switch is slid up to unlock position.
Check the write protection switch if available.
You will not be able to transfer files to the usb drive if it is locked.
Some usb flash drives have a write protection switch on the side or bottom.
Make sure the switch is slid to the unlock position because you will not be able to transfer files to the usb flash drive if it is locked.
How to remove write protection using lock switch.
Cannot format the usb drive write protected.
Check the physical switch.
Thumb drive has no physical switch.
Here is how to unlock the write protected usb.
Unlock write protection by using cmd.
Format type is fat32.
If your device has this switch move it to the lock position.
Thus you should try another method to unlock your usb drive.
If the media has this switch make sure the switch is set to write not read only.