Windows 10: Internal disk write protected

Discus and support Internal disk write protected in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Windows was updated last night. After the mandatory reboot,when checking my drives I noticed that one of the internal drives was missing.I looked in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by m0z4r7, Jan 27, 2021.

  1. M0Z4R7
    m0z4r7 Win User

    Internal disk write protected


    Windows was updated last night.


    After the mandatory reboot,when checking my drives I noticed that one of the internal drives was missing.I looked in the disk manager and there it was but it asked me to initialize it.I've never seen that before.


    Now I can access that disk, open the files, andeven copy them but I can't save anything. Now I get a message saying that it iswrite protected, what happened? I have looked for methods such as access fromCMD, DISKPART, REGEDIT and nothing has worked. How can I remove write protecion from my internal disk?

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    m0z4r7, Jan 27, 2021
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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, Jan 27, 2021
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  3. FERNANDZ
    Fernandz Win User
    How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

    ¿You already tried this one?...

    Run CMD


    1. diskpart
    2. list disk

    Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

    2. select disk #
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

    good luck!
     
    Fernandz, Jan 27, 2021
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  4. TIME LADY
    Time Lady Win User

    Internal disk write protected

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