My sandisk ultra usb 3.0 is write protected what to do?

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I have same wite protct error. They say it is because of unsafe removal of USB stick.

There must be a way of removing write protection vua Sandisc tech support.

Can anybody help me?
Dave.

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way I did it was go to computer management and click on the usb drive and delete volume and it worked

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Hi, I had the same issue with an ssd, according to sandisk support , write protected mode is done by the storage firmware when it traces problem in the storage.
To save the user data , the drive is going to a locked mode.
Since SanDisk does not provide for most storage e.g sdcard ssd a firnware update or reconfigure tool you can say r.i.p to the storage.
Other option is to backup and do llf.

Hope this helps.

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its helpful and after long time i am able to use my 64gb Pandriveā€¦thanks a lot Anish :blue_heart:

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This worked perfectly! Thanks Anish!

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doesnā€™t work for my SanDisk ultra backup. READ ONLY

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Also tried the cmd method but itā€™s not working. The pendrive is still write protected.

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I am not getting the option to right click on the pendrive. Itā€™s sandisk ultra usb 3.0 I am not able to format the pendrive due to the write protect please help. been stuck in this for like months. None of the methods online are working.

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Return it to the seller or SanDisk. Replacements are free.

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bro, i got fixed by this tool called Ratool.exe

Ratool (Remove any write protected)

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Thanks for your sharing, but Ratool not working with my sandisk USB

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Iā€™ve tried every suggestion in this thread and everyone of them is unsuccessful because the drive is write protected.

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Link is redirecting to another url

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Worked perfectly on my Sandisk Ultra 32GB USB 3.1. Thanks !
So, in summary, to remove the write protect

  • fire up the CMD screen
  • Type diskpart and hit Enter.
  • Type list disk and hit Enter. ā€¦
  • Type select disk . ā€¦
  • Type attributes disk clear readonly and press Enter.

These commands didnā€™t remove the Write Protect in my case so followed with

  • clean
  • create partition primary
  • format fs=ntfs
  • exit
    and that gave me back a writeable USB stick.
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Thanks for the steps to fix the problem pacman11.

I would recommend formatting to exFAT rather than the disk NTFS format. Less writes to the drive.

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Thanks for this feedback ed_p.

Youā€™re right, of course, but I couldnā€™t find the exFAT option. It must have been there somewhere but I was in a hurry and didnā€™t have time to search for it. So I went ahead with the NTFS option and when I got back from the coffee machine I had a USB stick which Windows 11 recognised and which I could quickly re-format to exFAT.

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I donā€™t understand what you mean ā€¦ you couldnā€™t find the exFAT option ā€¦ arenā€™t you the one typing it in ? I did the exFAT option and ā€¦ I could have walked about the block several times ā€¦ itā€™s not so quick LOL

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same error

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Check out this link: How to remove write protection from usb flash-drive? - #121 by luck

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Returning it for a replacement failed!!