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.

For example, if you had a read-only disk image saved, you could change its format to read-write, or vice versa by using the convert image feature. To convert an image, select Images->Convert from ...

The Read-only attribute protects data stored on Hard Disk. This article shows how to make disk or disk partition read-only in Windows 11/10.

Disk Utility provides features for creating disk images, RAID, and repairing disks. In the second part of our deep dive, we'll look at those options.