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I was having a problem with my USB flash drive that it had become write protected. I used this drive on my friends PC. Maybe virus on his PC created this problem on my flash drive. Now the main problem that I am facing is that I am trying to remove that attributes using cmd but it is not working because this can be done only on the same computer from which these (write-protection)attributes were added. Now,

Can I remove write-protection(or any attributes) from a PC other than that from which these attributes were added?

If yes than please help me in this case and explain me the procedure! Thanks

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There are many reasons for a USB device to become read-only.

You should first check for the existence of some switch on the disk that may have put it into read-only mode.

To clear this attribute, start a Command Prompt (cmd) run as Administrator, and enter the following commands:

DISKPART
LIST VOLUME
SELECT VOLUME X   (X is the number of the USB volume)
ATTRIBUTES DISK clear readonly
EXIT

If this doesn't help, try to format the disk.

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  • Can't format as well as these commands don't work
    – Tayyab Ferozi
    Nov 17, 2018 at 17:32
  • Why can it only be done on your friend's computer? There should be no difference.
    – harrymc
    Nov 17, 2018 at 17:42

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