Above all write protection also called read only can be physical or virtual.
Lock usb drive from writing.
However unlike the enabling write protection.
Make sure that it s not the usb port problem that locks the storage drive.
For user who just want to disable write access to the external removable usb mass storage disk drive there is another registry hack of writeprotect in storagedevicepolicies or deny write in removablestoragedevices registry key that able to restrict windows system from writing to the usb disk drive and hence effectively user to copy any.
Verify if the issue is with the flash drive or computer to verify the issue is related to the flash drive and not your computer we recommend that you try plugging the usb drive into another port on your computer.
There is no method to fix this.
There may be a situation when you would want to restrict access to usb drives occasionally.
A write protected usb flash drive has the ability to prevent the writing of new files or the modification of old files.
Re connect the flash drive in different usb ports on the same computer or on the other one.
Enable usb write protection 2.
Once your computer reboots anyone who connects a usb drive will be denied access to save edit or delete any content from the removable storage.
There are three main options the top option is probably the most useful which enables write protection on storage devices so they can t be written to.
The write protection switch is useful for keeping the contents of your drive safe from malware when you need to view them on a public computer.
Software to enable disable or password protect usb drives.
Usb write protect is a tool that is very easy to use and informative enough for users to know what it s doing.
Sd cards are always with a lock switch it s easy to change the lock to unlock position.
Some usb flash drives have a write protection switch on the side or bottom.
If your device has this switch move it to the lock position.
In other words you can only read the data that is already stored on the usb flash drive.
The drive will go into write protected mode to prevent data loss.
See how to unlock a memory card.
Check if there is a lock switch on the portable usb drive.