- Right-click the Start menu and select Windows PowerShell (Admin).
- Type diskpart in the Command Prompt window and press Enter.
- Type list disk and press Enter. A list of all the available disks on your computer will appear. Look for the disk number that resembles the size of the SD card.
- Type select disk # (where # is the number of the disk for the SD card) and press Enter.
- Type attributes disk clear read-only and press Enter.
- Type clean and press Enter.
- When the process is complete, type exit and press Enter, then close the Command Prompt and format the SD card using File Explorer as outlined above.
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