How to Format Write Protected USB Flash Drive?
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Summary
Learn how to solve the issue of a write-protected U disk that cannot be formatted. Discover effective methods in this article to troubleshoot and resolve the problem.
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![Turn off the U disk write protection switch](/uploadimg/en/2023/7/2023-07-20-22_57_23_00d3c56057634855b68010cd5372835e.png)
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![Find WriteProtect in the registry](/uploadimg/en/2023/7/2023-07-20-22_57_25_fb93bed0de7e4ef6b3f0d4d62e91ac51.png)
![Modify the value of WriteProtect](/uploadimg/en/2023/7/2023-07-20-22_57_25_aa036f67df7b42e2a65a7160812c6d10.png)
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