Connect your drive into a rear motherboard port (USB 2.0 ports are highly recommended over USB 3.0 for stability).
Sometimes a drive fails due to electronic glitches in the controller, causing the system to perceive it as "locked." UPTool can communicate directly with the controller to flip the internal write-protect flag. This effectively allows you to reclaim a drive that has been frozen in a read-only state. Uptool Ver 2094
The process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours depending on the capacity of your drive and the health of the raw flash cells. Step 6: Verify Completion Connect your drive into a rear motherboard port (USB 2