Remove Write Protection On USB Storage Devices

The problem here is unable to copy files into USB drive such as flash drives, memory card and Ipod. When your USB flash drive, or memory card is write-protected, you will receive the following error message:

•     Cannot copy files and folders, drive is write protected
•     Cannot format the drive, drive is write protected
•     The disk is write protected
•     Remove write protection or use another disk
•     Media is write protected

This may caused by virus or malware script which modified the registry to make any drive write protect when connected to the computer,
or your system administrator disabled your usb storage devices for security reason.

You can remove write protection from your usb flash drive or memory card using the below method:

Important: Modifying registry can cause you computer to stop functioning properly, so follow the procedures carefully. Follow the procedures below at your own risk.

1. Open Start Menu > Run, type regedit and press Enter, this will open
the registry editor.

2. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

3 If the registry key StorageDevicePolicies does not exist, you will need to create it manually. If exists then proceed to Instruction no. 5

4. to create it manually right click on the Control folder as shown on the image below and click New > Key  then input StorageDevicePolicies as the folder name. Inside StorageDevicePolicies create DWORD value and name it to WriteProtect

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5. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right window and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button

6. Restart your computer and your Done.

7. Try copying files into your USB drives. :)



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