how to remove write protection from my pen drive?

Answer 1

There should be a small thing that sticks out that shows a lock locked (write protection on) and the lock unlocked (write protection off).

Question: Write Protected
My USB Drive is write protected. What should I do?


Solution: Locate the small write protection switch on the backend of the USB drive and position it to the unlock or write selection.

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Question: Write Protected
I have tried accessing my USB Drive with the switch in both positions, and it still is telling me the drive is write protected. What should I do?


Solution: When you are receiving this error, there is a good chance that the drive has been damaged due to any number of factors. The best option would be to reformat the drive using the format utility available on the CD, or you may download it from our website.
Please note: Formatting the drive will erase all the data on the drive.

From this website: http://support.jmtek.com/main/quickfaq.asp

Answer 2

On some models there is a switch to turn on and off overwrite protection. If yours doesn't have that, you might need to format the thumb drive. Copy the data off, right click it in my computer, and choose format. Select FAT32 as the partition type.

Answer 3

attempt formatting your pen force utilizing command instant (wish documents isn't significant), attempt under steps bypass to command instant (press winkey + R and click ok, then sort cmd and press enter) we could think of your pen's force letter as E sort following command in command instant format E: /FS:FAT32 (sort precisely, look ahead to areas and colon) sort Y (for specific) and press enter format will initiate, after that verify your pen force