Nowadays, most of us use an SSD for its high read and write speed.
But you may have faced an issue where you cant use your SSD as you want.
More clearly, it goes in read only mode.
The question arises,
What is read only mode?
Well, Read only mode is when you cannot write or change any data on your drive.
It is super common to be eager to fix this problem.
I will show you every possible way to fix this issue in this article, so stay tuned.
Why is SSD Write Protected?
Some people use it for their hard disk, SSD, or USB drives to not get modified.
Method 2.
Modify Registry Key
Editing the registry key is a good way to remove the read only mode.
Right-click Control folder and selectNew > Keyand then name the key withStorageDevicePolicies.
Now right-click in black spaces and clickNew > DWORD (32-bit) valueand name it asWriteProtect.
Now restarting your machine should ix up the issue.
If not then you may proceed to the next method.
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Method 3.
In this case, you should be careful as messing up here may cause permanent damage to the drive.
Without further ado, lets move to the steps:
Then, the readonly attributes will be cleared successfully.
This should fix the read only issue on your SSD.
Method 4.
In this case, try another command chkdsk g: /f /r /xfor removing write protection on the SSD.
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Method 5.
And you may have tried to format it from Disk Management or File Explorer but failed.
Note:Formatting will erase every data or file you have on the drive.
So remember to back up important data first.
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Summary
By checking all the methods given above, you should be good to go.
Let me know if the article helped you in any way.
If you have further queries, then feel free to ask me.
Ill be more than happy to help!
