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Write Protected USB

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USB write protected, or the disk is write
protected? Here get the best write
protected USB format tool & write
protection removal software to easily
remove write protection on a Kingston USB
flash drive in Windows 10,8 and 7.

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Q: How to Format A Write Protected Kingston

USB Drive

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"Recently, my Kingston USB pen drive suddenly

became inaccessible and required formatting. But
when I tried to format the disk, I got the error
message saying that the disk is write-protected
and Windows was unable to complete the format
. So, how can I remove the write protection from
my Kingston USB drive? Is there any third-party
Kingston write protected USB format tool that
can help?"

USB Is Write Protected, How to

Fix?
There are two usual ways to help you identify a
digital device that is currently write protected.
Sometimes, you'll hear the other term called read
only, which is pretty much the same when trying
to use the storage.

1. First of all, when you try to format a removable

disk, such as a flash drive, SD card, or an external
HDD, Windows prompts you an error message:
The disk is write protected.

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2. Second, without a specific warning, you'll find

the drive being write-protected because you can
open it, but cannot modify data on it.

The write protection issue happens now and then.

It prevents you from accessing the pen drive to
delete, add, copy, or modify your files. To
continue using your device or format the drive
without problem, you'll need a write protection
removal tool in Windows 10/8/7 to unlock the
device.

Here, you can directly download a USB write-

protected removal tool to automatically clear the
lock state or make some e�orts with the manual
ways of CMD and Regedit editor. At last,
download the best USB format tool provided by
EaseUS software for free and apply it to format
the write-protected USB drive instantly.

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Free Download

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Automatic Fix - Download USB

Write Protection Removal
Software
Applies to: average computer users who are not
familiar with the Windows Command Prompt; for
the purpose of removing write protection easily
and quickly, with no chance they make mistakes.

EaseUS Partition Master gives you a direct

solution to remove write protection from your
write-protected USB, USB external disk or SD
card in simple clicks. Here is how to do so:

Free Download

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Step 1. Download and install EaseUS Partition

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Master, go to the Toolkit section, and click "Write

Protection".

Step 2. Select your write protected USB, USB

external disk or SD card, and click "Disable".

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Manual #1 - How to Remove USB

Write Protection Using CMD
Applies to: Advanced computer users who have a
good command of cmd knowledge; Windows
10/8/7 administrators

CMD command line in Windows DOS is one of the

solutions to repair and fix write-protected
memory cards or flash drives. Working as a write-
protected usb format tool, it can help you format
Kingston pen drive and remove the write

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protection within simple steps.

Step 1: Press "Windows + R" and enter cmd.

Step 2: Type diskpart.

Step 3: Type list volume.

Step 4: Type select volume # (# is the number of

the USB HDD you've plugged in).

Step 5: Type attributes disk clear read-only.

There is the other manual way to remove USB

write protection below. Share this article to let
more users know the manual ways.

Manual #2 - How to Remove USB

Write Protection Using Regedit
Applies to: advanced computer users, especially
for old versions of Windows including Windows
XP and Windows Vista.

Step 1: Click "Start", type Regedit in the search

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box, click "Regedit.exe" to open the Registry

editor when you see it is displayed at the top of
the list.

Step 2: And then navigate to the key:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cu
rrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Step 3: Double-click on the "WriteProtect value"

in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the
Value data from 1 to 0 and click "OK" to save the
change. Close Regedit and restart your computer.

How to Format USB with Write

Protected USB Format Tool
Once the write protection has been completely
removed by using the Diskpart command or
Regedit method, you can feel free to format your

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Kingston storage device with Kingston format

utility to easily format it as a new one.

The tool that can help you is EaseUS Partition

Master, a reliable partition tool in the market to
help manage disk partitions by formatting,
deleting, creating partitions, etc. You can also
apply it as a write protected USB format tool to
make your Kinstong USB flash drive work
normally again.

Free Download

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Step 1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master, right-

click the partition on your external hard drive/
USB/SD card which you want to format and
choose the "Format" option.

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Step 2. Assign a new partition label, file system

(NTFS/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4/exFAT), and
cluster size to the selected partition, then click
"OK".

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Step 3. In the Warning window, click "Yes" to

continue.

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Format External Hard Drive/USB/SD Card - 3

Step 4. Click the "Execute 1 Task(s)" button in the

top-left corner to review the changes, then click
"Apply" to start formatting your external hard
drive/USB/SD card.

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Format External Hard Drive/USB/SD Card - 4

If you also want to learn how to format a USB

pen drive via Command Prompt, you can learn
from this video.

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