How to Remove the Read‐Only State from a USB Drive

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Plug your USB in.

   Where the pop-up window appears, click on Yes to accept it. ,,, Then type diskpart and press OK. , It will show all the connected drives including your USB.
   
   The newly connected USB drive should be the last on that list.
   
   Or you can find your drive by looking on the size of drives. ,, Here the current read-only state as "on" means the drive is read-only. , It will remove the current read-only state. , It will show the change. ,,,
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   Step 2: Go to 'Search'.

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   Step 3: Type CMD in the 'Search Bar' section and select the 'Command Prompt'.

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   Step 4: Type DISKPART into the Command Prompt.

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   Step 5: Alternatively

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   Step 6: go to 'Search'.

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   Step 7: And type RUN.

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   Step 8: Alternatively

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   Step 9: press the 'Windows+R' keys to open 'Run' tool.

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    Step 10: Type LIST DISK or LIS DIS into the console.

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    Step 11: Type SELECT DISK # or SEL DIS # ('#' means the drive number-here my disk number is '2').

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    Step 12: Type ATTRIBUTES DISK or ATTR DIS

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    Step 13: it will show the current attributes of the drive.

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    Step 14: Type ATTR DIS CLEAR READONLY.

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    Step 15: Type ATTR DIS again.

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    Step 16: Type EXIT to exit the Command Prompt

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    Step 17: Then remove the USB and plug it again

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    Step 18: Now do any task to see the change.

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