Remove protection from the USB flash drive - some preliminary actions

Before you start talking about how to unprotect a usb flash drive, you should find out why, in general, it suddenly became protected. This can be due to several reasons. Perhaps this is due to the violation of the integrity of the file system (very few, for example, use the safe extraction function, which is very important). In addition, the flash card could undergo a virus attack (by the way, this reason is the most common). Also, the device may be damaged by dropping or strong impact. And, finally, a special switch can be installed on the flash drive, providing protection from recording.

How to remove protection from a flash drive?

Do it best by software. However, first carefully inspect the device for the presence of a special switch - if it is, try to simply move it to the other side. Most likely, after that you can easily record.

Programs

As already noted above, there are a huge number of programs that allow you to remove protection from the USB flash drive. Universal is considered "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" - you can use it on any device. Using the program is very simple: download it and run the exe-file. The rest of the program will do it yourself. You only need to select the type of system and click "Start". "JetFlash Recovery Tool" is suitable only for the following flash cards: JetFlash, A-DATA and Transcend. The principle of its operation coincides with the previous version: download, install, run. Remove protection from the Apacer flash drive is possible only with the "Apacer Repair" program. "AlcorMP" is very popular, it works with AlcorMP controllers. It should be noted that all the above programs require administrator rights, so select the appropriate column in the context menu.

Preliminary actions

The program to remove the protection from the USB flash drive will definitely solve your problem. However, before using it, we advise you to perform a number of manipulations. This is due to the fact that during the formatting of the flash card, all your files will be completely deleted. If you do not want to allow this, use the recommendations below. First of all, scan the USB flash drive and delete all detected viruses. If there were no viruses, try changing the USB port - sometimes it helps. It has already been noted that before you do anything, you need to check the device for a switch. If you make sure that it is there and is in the "Lock" mode, simply move it to the opposite side.

Password

If the drive is password protected, and you really need to get access to it and start using it, you can format the flash drive by removing it. Note: the formatting should be not "logical", but "full", or "deep". During this process, each cell of memory will be remagnetized, this also applies to protected "patches". To perform "deep" formatting, you will need to download and run a special utility (do not forget that you need to do this on behalf of the administrator). Wait until the process is completed, and you can safely use the flash card.