Hope this video helped you out. Drop us a comment and like on the video, it really helps.
@genegaskins6834 Жыл бұрын
Can you use this information for dvd
@watup110875 Жыл бұрын
@Britec09 I wish I had thought about you, before breaking 3 sd card mini's about 3 weeks ago, I don't know how or why they did that protected mode, I have nothing to hide
@arjunraghunadhan3611 Жыл бұрын
Sir i can't do My pendrive is not able to format in cmd,mini tool, Rufus etc Whenever I try it automatically ejects it and don't allow it to format it
@huedoppler1 Жыл бұрын
I have tried this but it not work, can't format or delete volume
@kelvohdeflavr8394 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, mine worked, 😌,you earned a subscriber
@SnapshotFlo Жыл бұрын
I get this from the command prompt: DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information.
@thetechistview31803 ай бұрын
yes, me too, tell me if you get any solution
@SnapshotFlo3 ай бұрын
@@thetechistview3180 it was corrupted, had to bin it :(
@maggieb3851 Жыл бұрын
I downloaded the mini tool but my pendrive it still showing up as read only. I am confused on how to fix it, since it won't give me the option to delete the partition.
@ridhinjoy742510 ай бұрын
Didn"t Work! 😥
@Hundredstory7 ай бұрын
I just used my friends cell phone that had a sim card slot for removable memory and had it format to portable storage instead of internal storage. And that worked.
@caplings3 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! I had a locked USB, and your Disk Part instructions saved me.
@monikamartin60028 ай бұрын
I tried everything you mentioned, but in diskpart, I got the following message: "DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information." I don't know how this got set to write-only in the first place. Very upset about this.
@Manishnair2223 ай бұрын
Did u find a solution?
@monikamartin60023 ай бұрын
@@Manishnair222 Nope. Doesn't come close to working.
@elliebq5 күн бұрын
I guess it's time to bin it? I think mine got like this because there's an error when i try to download something to it, and i canceled it in the middle of downloading 😢
@igronDC Жыл бұрын
MiniTool Partition Wizard has zero options to do anything with the stick. it shows that READ ONLY in red.
@sylvia9292 Жыл бұрын
yep same
@thisshonrobert7605 Жыл бұрын
Same for me ..did u found the ans
@saquibansari7866 Жыл бұрын
Yeah same here...
@arham819811 ай бұрын
Did anyone find solution?
@sharmag3411 ай бұрын
No solution contacted the service centre and replaced it
@52Drew Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Britec. 1 hour later after trying nearly everything to clear "write protect" on a usb drive, then MiniTool Partition Wizard removes "write protect" in less than 5 seconds. Cheers Mate.
@kool-k-kel Жыл бұрын
how? free version??
@Virtueman1 Жыл бұрын
Marketing bs
@RandomRads6 ай бұрын
I have a Sandisk flash drive that is write protected. The tutorial didn't help. I tried reformatting and got the same message "The disk is write protected". It has a Sandisk Secure access.exe file. Not sure if that is the reason.
@edwinzakaria75885 ай бұрын
my case
@wayneberry345323 күн бұрын
Same here. Mine was a repack (used) from my local jbhifi
@GregM Жыл бұрын
As the video notes indicate the write protection could be the result of the flash drive failing and reverting to read only mode to allow you to recover your data off the device. I have had several flash drives fail like this.
@Britec09 Жыл бұрын
I agree, that is the main cause.
@buffuniballer Жыл бұрын
Yep, and then destruction of the device is necessary as you cannot wipe a read only device.
@jakemeals Жыл бұрын
How do you destroy a flash drive so the contents cannot be read? Smashing it or blocking the port
@buffuniballer Жыл бұрын
@@jakemeals pull the circuit board from the plastic case and run it through a paper shredder.
@johnmc3862 Жыл бұрын
@@jakemeals Burn it.
@guydaigoji809310 күн бұрын
External drive was working on every computer except one. Did the disk part attribute clear while on the machine that was refusing to write to the disk and it worked one time. Thanks very much
@smodiddley24 күн бұрын
wow thank you so much for this video! the very lest steps to format via command prompt was the only thing that worked for me. i was fearful i wasn't going to be able to get around the write-only protection prompt, but thanks so much!!!
@hotboat705426 күн бұрын
on the partition wizard software, my disk was listed as read-only, and I am unable to right click it, is there any way I can fix this?
@kylevols7918 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! The last way of reformatting without downloading software worked as my USB was stuck with write protection.
@pengai93446 ай бұрын
Thank you, deleting all partitions and creating a new one works for me.
@Nedlius2 ай бұрын
no idea why this has to be so difficult, thank you for the help
@blockenginestudios4 ай бұрын
I thought i had destroyed by usb and the last piece of software saved me thank you so much
@jerrycurtis98 Жыл бұрын
I followed through all the steps right up to Mini Partition Wizard. When I got there, it showed the MicroSD card as Read Only, so I couldn't do anything with it. Thanks, anyway.
@Britec09 Жыл бұрын
Drive is probably bad
@smartwords360 Жыл бұрын
Same with me too
@EasyJr007 Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! Your video helped me. I’ve been trying to remove the write protection for over a month. I was able to get it done with the miniTool option. Finally😅
@rodger3641 Жыл бұрын
A usb became write protected while plugged into my arlo pro base unit, I can read off it but not format it, I'm going to give this ago when I get home Brian, cheers big fella !!
@Suspended_3 ай бұрын
Are you home?
@REDZ28won3 ай бұрын
@@Suspended_ Not yet!
@chadibaytamouni3503 Жыл бұрын
I tried the all of the above, none worked, the last tip i used, i got this message: " DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information. " maybe this usb drive s fate is to the trash can.
@kool-k-kel Жыл бұрын
same for me same error
@AwaisKhan-dt5eg Жыл бұрын
Same
@kool-k-kel Жыл бұрын
@@AwaisKhan-dt5eg i replaced my card reader and was fine
@thetechworld2957 Жыл бұрын
I've been surfing on KZfaq to find a method to remove my write protection on my SD card. None of them work. Please let me know if you have any other methods
@OkiDingo9 ай бұрын
I didn't have the Write Protection in my registry. Once i added it I could format the USB drive. Thanks mate
@OlettaLiano Жыл бұрын
Hi, Brian. I've managed to clear a few write protected USB thumb drive with diskpart clear all, but it's always nice to see other options, so thanks.
@Britec09 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@watup110875 Жыл бұрын
I tried the diskpart as admin but nothing
@OlettaLiano Жыл бұрын
@@watup110875 It worked for me a few times, but I had to use a partition program on the rest.
@watup110875 Жыл бұрын
@@OlettaLiano that was only 3 I couldn't fix, sad didn't have fund for paid, most free I did try failed like the rest, but ol well, more tools for next I guess lol
@OlettaLiano Жыл бұрын
@@watup110875 Did you try MiniTool Partition Wizard free version? I need to get back to GTA 5 because there's people to runover and cops to guy fight with. LOL
@mn-ru4li Жыл бұрын
These methods didn't work for me. For the Regedit, I didn't have the option for Read Only. For the Partition Fix solution, my USB wasn't partitioned. It seems as though my USB doesn't want read-permission. How is this possible? I couldn't tell if the drive was damanged as my device manager view was VERY different to yours.
@dustandashes419Ай бұрын
Diskpart says it cleared readonly but it didn't. Downloaded and ran MiniTool Partition Wizard but I don't get a Delete Partition option. I can read the files on the drive, but I cannot modify or delete any. I also cannot format the drive. At a loss as to how to gain access to this drive again. It is unknown by both users as to how the drive got set to readonly in the first place. There is no hardware switch on the drive.
@thechallenges5669Ай бұрын
This guy deserves more, you just got a subscriber
@nguyenhoanganh1559 Жыл бұрын
the minitool helps me a lot,its finally worked
@rodicarobu66952 ай бұрын
Clear and simple. It worked at first try. Thank you!!
@DD-101Ай бұрын
Tried the all including minitool but the drive is read only so no menu comes up to delete or anything when right clicking on it.. can't be wiped.
@thisaraprabath462511 ай бұрын
Did everything no result 😔😢
@lse123polis Жыл бұрын
I faced this problem: In a U3 portable USB stick I HAVE TWO PARTITIONS, a CDFS and Another, the latter format it in the disk manager, but the CDFS is like a CD Drive, write protected, any idea how to delete the CDFS partition, Has 3 U3 exe files...well?
@Benny714536 ай бұрын
nothing works for me, ive got a bunch of USBs I cant use anymore because everything that seems to work for others doesnt for me. ive tried partition wizard and it doesn't even let me click on the usb like yours. mine also says read only in red.
@michaelhenderson50985 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this video. However my drive still displays read only. Nothing worked. I have tried 2 different adapters and plugged the micro sd card directly into a card read. The card is the camera card from a WYZE camera that is no longer in use. 32gb card. I can't do anything with Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows Read Only and no options are displayed except to backup data. :(
@abdulrahmannasser6328 Жыл бұрын
From 10 videos I watched, this is the only one which helped me! thanks a lot.
@andrewinstreАй бұрын
Very good video. I thought it was Michael Caine in his hey days saying "Open the bloody disk!" you also explained it like an Open University Lecturer on BBC 2 in the 70s. Well done and easy to understand! Lol!😂
@firstpep1073 Жыл бұрын
Hey mate your a Effing Genius man been struggling with my 1tb hard drive and i used the cmd prompt followed your steps now I have full access to it again! Thanks alot brother
@sylvia9292 Жыл бұрын
are u a bot how tf theres no operations tab
@lancechin51787 ай бұрын
The solution whereby we use diskpart, clean, create partition primary, and format worked for me!
@HerschillGabriels3 ай бұрын
Very helpful video. The last method helped formatting my usb stick... Thank you
@waisalqorney54708 ай бұрын
Min tool doesnt work for me, when i right click on my fd, it does not showing any option, and theres a text saying read only
@niweiyeung44566 ай бұрын
Thank you Britec09, now my USB drive back to normal 👍
@Britec096 ай бұрын
Glad I could help
@youshouldknow.sweden4 ай бұрын
Thank you. Diskpart helped. USB is not write protected right now, so I can format it.
@punpun32572 ай бұрын
I was about to throw away a perfectly fine usb drive. THANK YOU!
@brainiac_brian7 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been chasing that solution for months! I got mine messed up working with Linux. Fixed now!
@saveworldvenki1762 Жыл бұрын
after so many videos, ur video First method worked for me thanks Mr.
@stevecampisano3116 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, you helped me save a 256GB thumb drive ....
@Britec09 Жыл бұрын
You're welcome
@witty019 Жыл бұрын
Really other people were just maniupulating for the audience for the views but you helped me sir thank you
@BobaPhettamine7 ай бұрын
that's disk management not device manager
@garynet2011 ай бұрын
I installed the software and I could delete all the partitions, thank you.
@FaelonZ2 ай бұрын
you went to disk management and said go to device manager, what am I looking for in device manager?
@ARI-ke3yc3 ай бұрын
when im going to use the wizard, i cant cick right on the disk, it says it is a readonly disk, what should i do with a readonly disk pls help
@whatisit155 ай бұрын
Thank you the partition wizard is a nice addition to my tools and was the only thing that helped me with this issue!
@_Hashim3318_ Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much the diskart part actually fixed my usb stick.
@ShadowsDML11 ай бұрын
Nothing worked even miniTool says read only and I can't do anything to the drive
@CommyMommy2 ай бұрын
I'm kinda stuck on this. I can't remove the partitions because it's set on read only and I can't format it since it has write protection. I can't even clean or scan it properly
@jarrodnewman0514 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I have a stubborn USB drive that just won't format or un-partition with Windows 10/11 Disk Management, I use my Ventoy USB drive and an old laptop and boot into Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. There is a specific type of disk management software included within called AOMEI Partition Assistant that never fails to format, or de-partition any USB flash drive or SD/microSD card
@user-eo2sc6qz7f Жыл бұрын
it is not working on me, i tried everything, and still could not format my flash drive, I even use minitool
@anglopakistani Жыл бұрын
You Failed to Mention that the free version doesnt allow you to do anything .
@edwinzakaria75885 ай бұрын
yeah right
@AtomicusPrime8 ай бұрын
The first command line solution worked for me so far. Thank you!
@clintcorpceo5 ай бұрын
Command prompt worked perfect ! Thanks big guy! 👍
@karanparekh4395 Жыл бұрын
Not Working Brain, In partition Wizard It's showing read only What to do ?
@rodsco357 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Have a Samsung 64 g USB with Linux OS bootable that only used 2 gigs. I used redit to delete the file, then cmd diskpart to clean and complete format now I'm using the drive as a recovery drive. Thank you.
@Wow-Cartoon39810 ай бұрын
How
@panicogalactico7379 Жыл бұрын
This is the only video that actually helped me out
@energylab2278 ай бұрын
I had the exact same issue you had, on Windows 11. Partition Wizard saved the day. Thanks for the video!
@Formula7Driver5 ай бұрын
Same here
@rickyiglesias53844 ай бұрын
Tried all of these steps. No worky. Can't run Partition Wizard because it won't run in Vista 32-bit. The final step, formatting in diskpart(cmd) didn't work either. just sat at 0 percent forever. So I guess I'm screwed?
@avinashrajkumar602318 күн бұрын
I tried to format the hard drive using the cmd and it did not format. I am getting an error.
@Biyagiefofana8 ай бұрын
Hey man you’ve just earned a new follower mini tool helped thanks a lot😊
@PortlandMan2 ай бұрын
Guide starts at 6:40 thank me later
@angelbabygirlkaneboh5323Ай бұрын
Thank you brother mini tool was it!
@user-jy2py8ry6k7 ай бұрын
hello britec, i followed every step and i tried to clean it with cmd, but after i entered the command ''Clean'' it still says error and it's write protected, what is the solution for that?
@mikenapole63599 ай бұрын
Mini Tool worked for me! many thanks for this video mate!!
@TheJonnybeau2 ай бұрын
Thanks - this Video saved what little hair I have left on my head..😁
@TheVoidofNothing1111 ай бұрын
Opened a brand new flash drive, put a few files on it went to an office deopt, couldn't read the files, then I went to a kinkos it asked to reformat. Get home now I get this! unfortunately I guess that office depot screwed up my job because none of this worked. Thanks for video though.
@houcineb413916 күн бұрын
I can't understand why for some it works and for others it didn't, for me i tried all steps, but nothing works, first a usb drive and now an SC card, frustrating really
@Chucklesrailarchive3 ай бұрын
What about Hard drives? All mine suddenly write protected. Win 11 update???
@southernexposure123 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Until I found this video I tried the command inputs over and over and was told each time that the write protect removal was successful. But format still didn't work. Somehow (I'm no guru) I got to computer management and clicked on the correct drive letter / number. I could try format from that location and got the message there is an input / output error in the device. Previously I saw no such message. I was using a card reader with a short cord because my laptop sd card slot doesn't recognize the card. I changed to a different card reader and finally got success.
@vdtb17588 ай бұрын
After all this time, finally i found you, thank u 😊
@johnnykerbaj48408 ай бұрын
Thank you sir for this amazing explanation. But if you can also explain how to format a cd that is write protected? Thanks again!
@greggv84 ай бұрын
I was using ATTO to benchmark a brand new HP 64 gig x796w USB drive when Windows 10 decided to have one of its very rare bluescreens. Upon reboot the HP drive came up as read only. NONE of the methods in this video will do anything. I've also tried Rufus and AOMEI.
@LidanBarOfficial Жыл бұрын
I can't click anything in the software it only says read only, can someone help me? 4:55
@RamGopal-bg4oh Жыл бұрын
same problem bro did you successful in removing protection?
@rebelgaming7639 Жыл бұрын
Same
@koosschutter1675 Жыл бұрын
What is wrong with an sd card where the files just keep coming back when I delete or even format it?
@dienau63133 ай бұрын
DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information.
@balazsurbanics53355 ай бұрын
Even the wizard did not help, right mouse click does not do anything despite other disks are fine with that. I am hopeless now...
@VinitkayeshynovkaАй бұрын
thank you very much sir, you saved my life. i hope you can get more subscribers :)
@tupcool713611 ай бұрын
Thank you! It helped me with my USB! Excellent video!
@andypuhl6705 ай бұрын
Thank you, thank you thank you!!!!! I wasn't able to write or delete on any USB sticks anymore and I had no idea why. I spent hours online trying to figure it out and this was the solution! (the regedit tip at 4:00) 🥳🥳🥳
@mixfuncenter3291 Жыл бұрын
I have tried all these tricks no one works so I left my 2 pen drives and 3 or 4 memory cards alone and shifted to new ..
@Zaiz7775 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. The registry edit worked!
@MrJamesstott8 ай бұрын
Only the last method worked for me the partition wizard. Thanks so much I appreciate the video
@Mr.Dorina Жыл бұрын
Minitool it's just way better because there's an actual frame to look at and it's really simple to use. Anyways i recovered my USB stick! Nice video!
@rsteleanu9 ай бұрын
It helped. Thanks man, may God bless you.
@sheikhmooinuddin20082 ай бұрын
Truly helped me. Thanks, brother!
@n1ggawithaclappedaltima84029 ай бұрын
I was losing hope after the second attempt but the minitool partition application did the trick thanks again
@XDFcooler Жыл бұрын
On the Mini Tool Partition it only says 'Read Only'. It's flash drive. It won't delete. I bet you would like to get hold of a drive like this 1 to fix. I've tried almost every & anything i can to resolve the issue!
@kandalf10 ай бұрын
did you find a way to fix it?
@nrellis6668 ай бұрын
Sadly none of this worked for me, Minitool notes my disk as Read Only in the name block on the left hand side and won't give me a drop down list. Diskpart>clean also fails. The disk has only been used to play music in my car as an auxiliary device
@jeezeditzz548325 күн бұрын
in my prendrive read only is coming while doing this what to do i am irritated with this
@Salxia Жыл бұрын
thank u the CMD clear attribute method fixed it for me
@aaronletchford Жыл бұрын
Thanks this is just what i needed, I'll try this 👍
@Britec09 Жыл бұрын
Welcome
@MotasemG10 ай бұрын
You're a life saver sir! the first method worked for me!