Ars Technica

USB Drive going into Write Protection.

Hi. I'm currently starting to have issues with my WD MyBOOK 500gb drive.<BR><BR>for some reason, on occasion, the drive seems to randomly go into write protection. An odd example of how weird this is, ...
Gizmochina

Simple Guide to Unlock and Format a Write-Protected SD Card

Clear Write Protection: Finally, to remove the write protection, type “attributes disk clear readonly” and press Enter. By following these step-by-step instructions, you can effectively eliminate ...
Ars Technica

USB Drive not formatted write disk protected

Moreover it has to button on it for write protected. I'm going to assume you meant "no button on it". What manufacturer/model of USB drive is it? Some manufacturers do have utilities that interact on ...