Normally if your usb drive is write protected it is in read only status and you ll not be allowed to delete or modify file on the usb drive which can protect the data on.
Make memory stick read only.
As you can figure out by yourself there are read and write permissions on a hard disk drive memory card usb stick pen drive and jump drive.
Sd memory card usb pen drive internal hard disk drive hdd or external hard drive cannot be modified because of read only memory rom take it easy.
To gain full access to a drive and data within or take further control for example copy edit and delete files partition and format the disk you must be authorized to use the storage with both.
Like we said various reasons can cause memory card read only and it is difficult to know which one causes the read only mode of your memory card exactly.
There are two ways to make a usb stick read only.
This page teaches you how to use the attributes command to remove sd card read only as an example so you can apply it to any other drives alike in windows 10 8 1 8 7.
So you format the flash memory stick to make it compatible with the mac computer.
However writing data is not available.
Method 2 making usb read only through registry.
Five quick solutions to disable read only for usb drive.
The registry window is displayed.
It is common that users encountered with the disk being read only write protected problem during formatting.
When we say 100 permanent this means the usb stick is read only write protected on all computers whether it be a mac pc linux etc type computer the usb is read only and the status.
Once done the usb drive is set as read only.
One way is a universal solution and is 100 permanent the other way is pc specific and a good deterrent.
Following are the steps to make usb drive as read only through registry directory.
Click start and select run and then type regedit.
Once the registry is displayed follow this sequence.
The memory card becomes read only due to the use of some programs or software.