Format an SD Card Using Disk Management Formatting a write-protected SD card is often necessary to address various issues such as file system errors or corrupted data.

If Windows won't format your USB drive to the FAT32 file system, remove the write protection or use CMD, PowerShell, or free software to do the same.

Fix The Disk Is Write-Protected, Remove the write-protection or use another disk, for removable disks like USB, SD, error in Windows 11/10.