How To Enable Or Disable Write Protection For Disk Drive In Windows 10

## How to Enable or Disable Write Protection for a Disk Drive in Windows 10

### Method 1 : Enable or Disable Write Protection for Disk using Diskpart Command
-- Click on search icon then search for Command Prompt
-- Right click on command prompt and select "Run as Administrator", this will open up elevated command prompt
-- Type "diskpart" then press enter
-- Type "list disk" then press enter

-- Type "attributes disk set readonly" to add read only attribute to selected disk and make it read only. Type "attributes disk clear readonly" to remove read only attribute from selected disk and make it writable.

-- Unable to edit disk because read only attribute is set
-- Read only attribute is removed from disk, so user can easily create or delete files and folders
-- Close elevated command prompt when you are done

### Method 2 : Carefully Examine your Flash drive / SD card to disable write protection switch