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How To Remove Write Protection From A USB PDF

The document provides instructions to disable BitLocker encryption or remove write protection from a USB drive using Windows File Explorer or the Diskpart command line tool. The steps for disabling BitLocker include opening File Explorer, right clicking the encrypted drive, selecting "Manage BitLocker", clicking the drive and selecting "Turn Off BitLocker", and entering the password. For Diskpart, the steps are to launch Command Prompt as Administrator, run the diskpart command, identify the USB drive by capacity, select the drive, and use the "attributes disk clear readonly" command to remove write protection.

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How To Remove Write Protection From A USB PDF

The document provides instructions to disable BitLocker encryption or remove write protection from a USB drive using Windows File Explorer or the Diskpart command line tool. The steps for disabling BitLocker include opening File Explorer, right clicking the encrypted drive, selecting "Manage BitLocker", clicking the drive and selecting "Turn Off BitLocker", and entering the password. For Diskpart, the steps are to launch Command Prompt as Administrator, run the diskpart command, identify the USB drive by capacity, select the drive, and use the "attributes disk clear readonly" command to remove write protection.

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1. Open File Explorer and look for the storage device you have in mind.

If the icon has a


padlock, BitLocker is enabled for the device.
2. Right-click on the icon and go to Manage BitLocker. This step takes you to the
BitLocker Drive Encryption window, where a list of all storage units and their
encryption status appears.
3. All you need to do now is click on the protected USB drive and select Turn Off
BitLocker. Enter the password or select other options, then choose to enter the
recovery key. The status shows that the device is getting decrypted, and BitLocker
gets turned off upon completion.

After you’ve disabled BitLocker, try to copy something on the USB stick again and see if
the problem disappears.

Use Diskpart to Disable USB Write Protection


Diskpart is a command line tool that lets you manage all storage units detected by the
computer. To remove write protection using Diskpart, follow these steps:

1. Check and write down the storage capacity of the USB device. This comes in handy
later. After you’ve confirmed the space limit, plug the USB stick into the computer
port.

2. Launch Command Prompt. You can do this either by pressing Windows key+R and
typing cmd or searching for Command Prompt from the Start Menu. If you see the
“Access is denied” message, right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as
Administrator.
3. In Command Prompt, type diskpart and press enter.

4. Next, type list disk and press enter again.


5. You’ll see a list of all storage drives, named Disk 0, Disk 1, and so on. Use the storage
capacity you jotted down in “Step 1” to identify your USB device. Compare it to the
Size column, and you’ll find the disk number.

6. Type select disk # where “#” is the disk number. For example, if your USB was “Disk 1,”
type “select disk 1” without quotes, then press enter.
7. Type Attributes disk clear readonly and press enter. Yes, “attributes” has an “s,” and
“readonly” is one word.

8. Finally, wait for the write protection removal to finish, type Exit, then press
enter/return to close the command prompt window.

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