How to remove write protection from a USB flash drive :-
Sometime we are getting the write protection error on USB flash drive. in this condition you are not able to copy , even formatting flash drive will also not help you.
Today i am going to show you how to remove write protection from a USB drive ?
Method 1 :- Removing protection from Registory
Open Start Menu, type regedit in search box and press Enter, this will open the registry editor. then Navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Select it and see at the right side. It it has a key WriteProtect, edit it and change its value to 0.
Restart your computer and check again.
If you can’t find StorageDevicePolicies, you can try creating a key by right-clicking in the white space in the Control folder and choosing New -> Key and carefully entering the name.
Method 2 :- Removing write-protection using Diskpart
Plugin your USB flash drive, and run command prompt as Administrator. and enter the following command
diskpart
list disk
select disk x (where x is drive letter of your connected USB drive)
attributes disk clear readonly
clean
create partition primary
format fs=fat32
exit
Method 3 :- Use the Formatting tool
Download Apacer Formatting Utility.
Unzip the pack to a folder. Now double-click the Start.bat file in that folder. This will initiate the formatting. Wait until the formatting completes or the LED of the drive stops blinking. If you fail once give it few more try.
Now remove the pen-drive and plug it in to the PC again. Now, open RUN and type cmd and hit Enter.
Now in the command prompt, type CHKDSK [usb-drive-letter]: /F. That’s it. You are done.
Hope this will fix your problem.
Also Check :-
Lock and unlock your computer with a USB drive
Find Out Which USB Devices Have Been Used on Your PC
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