Wd my book drivers windows 102/2/2023 ![]() I also tried a registry fix to unlock usb write protected drives. I came across a few posts that suggested third party ' usb unlock freeware utilities' could unlock the My Book drive, but this did not work. From all the articles I came across, the write protect / read only issue appears to be a widespread problem that happens to users randomly, for no apparent reason. I asked Larry if he would like me to connect to his system to have a closer look using my remote desktop support service, and he agreed.Īfter researching the issue, it appears that the Western Digital My Book drives use software called " WD Discovery" to lock and unlock the drive, though I could not find an option to disable the write protection. ![]() I have searched for 'wd my book read only remove write protect' in Google but I can't seem to find the answer. Also, if I right click the drive partition in Disk Management, the delete option is missing. I have also tried formatting the drive with Windows Disk Management but it fails. I have looked but there is no tab or switch on the USB drive to unlock orĭisable the write protect. ![]() I have tried formatting the My Book drive using File Explorer, but it tells me the drive is write protected. I don't know what's going on but all my files on my external western digital 'My Book' are marked as ' READ ONLY'.
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