how do i remove write protection from a removable disk (E:) on my computer?

Question

We have a USB reader/writer for the smart card used in
our digital camera. When connected to the computer it
shows up as another drive. Normally I can just copy the
pictures from the "new" drive to wherever I want them on
the hard drive of the computer. But I have been getting a
message that tells me that the media cannot be written to
because it's write protected and to go and remove the
write protection. I have searched high and low to figure
out how to remove the write protection, but I haven't
found it yet and am getting a little frustrated. It must
be something really simple. I want to be able to write to
the disk if I want to use it for a slide show that I
would put together of pictures from my hard drive. How
can I remove the write protection? Thanks.

Answer 1

There's a little tiny slide switch on the side of the card that everybody hits accidentally when they plug it in.

Answer 2

well, this may be way to simple, but most cards have switches on them that enable or disable writing. Depending on the card (you did not mention it) it might have a slider on the side that looks like a rectangular switch. If it is USB, there is some switch with a lock closed and opened. flip to open and you are done!

Good Luck!