 If you get the message that the disk is right protected, when copying files or formatting a device, don't hire to throw it away. Some models of flash drives, memory cards and external drives can have switches to enable write protection. Check the device within antivirus and clean it if necessary. Launch the command prompt as administrator, type in the command disk part, type in list disk, type in select disk, and the number of the disk that corresponds to your device. In attributes, disk clear read only, type in clean, type in create partition primary, then type in select partition one, type in active, then type in format FS equals FAT32 quick. Type in a sign and press enter to give the flash drive a letter name.