Windows 10: windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it it write protected

Want to do chkdsk/f in windows 10. Receiving the following: cannot lock current drive. Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected.

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"The type of the file systyem is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected."

Disk check error: "The type of the file systyem is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected."

 

Windows 10 Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected

Hi Marcus,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Please answer the below question so that we can understand the situation better.

1. Are you trying to run a check disk on read only file or read and write file?

2. Are you trying to perform check disk from recovery environment

Please follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Click the Start button, then click on Settings
• Then click on Update and Security, locate and select
  Recovery and click on Advance Startup.
• You will now enter the Windows Recovery Environment, once there click on
  Troubleshoot and then Advance Options.
• In advance options I would suggest you to go to command prompt and run the check disk and check if it helps.

Warning: Microsoft does not recommend interrupting the CHKDSK process. Microsoft does not guarantee the integrity of the disk if the CHKDSK program is interrupted .For safety
you can back up your data before using the check disk command.

Important: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be
lost.

I would also suggest you to refer the link below and check if it helps

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730714.aspx?ppud=4

Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

 

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!