Windows 10: Cannot remove Write Protection from Internal Hard Drives all attempts have failed

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  1. ALEX AUTREY
    Alex Autrey Win User

    Cannot remove Write Protection from Internal Hard Drives all attempts have failed


    In rebuilding my computer, I have had nothing but issues.I lost all my documents the My Documents folder became a shortcut that went nowhere, was told it was pointing to my OneDrive, but no. I have accepted that everything I have saved for 20 years is gone. I am just living with it.I have three hard drives in my system. 2 SSD and 1 SATA. The main hard drive is fine. The other two are completely formatted. But I can do nothing with them, as they are listed as write protected. I have done diskpart, which did nothing. Bitlocker is turned off on all drives, no change.I have downloaded thi

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    Alex Autrey, Jun 19, 2023
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  2. ROHIT_R
    Rohit_R Win User

    The Disk Is Write Protected - How To Remove Write Protection

    Hi Fernanda,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    In regards to your concern, please help me with following questions:

    • Is the Hard drive external or internal?
    You can try following steps and check if that fixes the issue:

    1. Run Virus scan on the Hard Drive.
    2. Perform check disk commands on the Hard Disk to fix the Disk errors.
    Refer to this article.

    Note: Remove all the external devices before performing check disk.

    Data Loss Disclaimer:

    While performing these steps there might be a risk of data loss. You may take a backup of the data before performing the steps.

    Hope it helps.

    Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking Yes or No.

    Rohit Raina

    Microsoft Community - Moderator
     
    Rohit_R, Jun 19, 2023
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  3. C. KAYANDERSON
    C. KayANDERSON Win User
    Hard drive is write protected

    How do I remove write protection from by hard drive used for file backups?
     
    C. KayANDERSON, Jun 19, 2023
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  4. IGOR LEYKO
    Igor Leyko Win User

    Cannot remove Write Protection from Internal Hard Drives all attempts have failed

    Hard drive is write protected

    Hi,

    is this external or internal drive? What is its model? Is it write protected or the problem is in insufficient access rights?
     
    Igor Leyko, Jun 19, 2023
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