Windows Cannot Run Disk Checking on this Volume Because it is Write-Protected

Why Windows 10 cannot run disk checking on this volume

If you see such a message on the screen, it means your disk is unavailable for any kind of editing: copy, paste, delete, etc. This may indicate that your disk is damaged or simply write-protected. The latter option most often happens with USB drives; if you simply remove the write protection, the problem usually disappears. Disk corruption is usually caused by bad sectors, virus attacks, or system crashes.

This can be checked and corrected by several methods, which will be discussed in this article.

• in read mode, you can access all the files on the disk.

• in recovery mode (fast or full), you can recover files of any type.

• you can also create a disk image and then experiment with fixing the “Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume” error in any way you like without worrying about data integrity.

Method 1. Use Command Prompt to remove write protection

First make sure that you have admin rights. Now open Command Prompt: Press Windows + X and select “Command Prompt” from the list.

Now enter the main command: “chkdsk D: /f /r /x” and press the Enter key. Note: D is the drive letter.

As a result, the drive will be disconnected and write protection will be removed from the device. Now, when you run this utility again, the message “cannot run disk checking because it is write-protected” will not bother you.

Method 3. Last resort

The last thing you can do is format the disk. However, this will erase the data, so if you need it, create a backup or create a disk image using Partition Recovery.

To format, go to the This PC folder, select the problem disk with the right mouse button. Now, click on the “Format” line, select the required file system and start formatting. You must wait for the process to complete so that the disk will work correctly afterwards.