Pen Drive Write Protected? Can't Format, Delete,Copy.

Clough · Jan 10, 2009, 02:39 AM

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seahwk83 · Jan 10, 2009, 06:36 AM

Couple of things you can try here, I will list them in order to try

Download one of the following registry tweaks to enable or disable writing to USB drives.

Enable USB Write
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/...leUSBWrite.zip

Disable USB Write
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/...leUSBWrite.zip

Once you use the registry hack, you will have to reboot for the changes to take effect. One should also note that if you are using this trick, you should make sure that the users are not administrators on the computer, because they could easily change this setting back.

This works on Windows Vista as well.

This is my upload, so no need to worry
Format_Flash_Drive
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Registry
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. If uncomfortable with using Registry Editor, see if you can find someone who is comfortable and that you can Trust. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For XP Machines Only

Quote:

1) Click Start->Run.

2)Type regedit and hit enter.

4)Click on the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

5)Click on the plus sign next to SYSTEM

6)Click on the plus sign next to CurrentControlSet

7)Click on the plus sign next to Control

8)Click on the plus sign next to StorageDevicePolicies

9)Write click on WriteProtect and click modify.

10)If the value data is 1 change it 0 and click ok.

11)Repeat steps 7 to 10 for ControlSet001 and ControlSet002 .

12)Close Registry editor and restart the computer.

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If you don't find it in the registry, the best way is to create it yourself. Below is the procedure.

Start the Registry Editor

Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key

If there is no key called StorageDevicePolicies, create it
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You do this by right-clicking the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key, and selecting New > Key from the menu.

Select the StorageDevicePolicies key

From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD Value

Name the new value WriteProtect

Right-click the WriteProtect value and choose Modify

In the Value Data: box enter 1

Exit the registry editor, and restart your computer

"To reverse, just delete the new WriteProtect value (or set the value to 0) and restart the computer."

samjoshi · Feb 18, 2011, 10:22 PM

Hi
I have problem on my mp3 player that if I formate it does't get
Sir,please help me

raj8001 · May 6, 2011, 06:02 PM

Go Ahead...

Anas.p · Jan 20, 2012, 07:20 AM

This method will work only ,if any Linux OS is installed in your PC (I used Ubuntu) and the problem due to the attack of Virus.Just start Linux OS.Plug your Pen drive.Open your Pen drive by the system.You will find the files which are affected by Virus which are some time invisible in Windows.Just delete all the files(Right click on the file -> Move to trash).That is enough.(If it is not working,Can't delete,do it again by removing and connecting you pen drive to PC).
I Found this method because,none of the solutions which I got from the Internet didn't worked.
I wish this will work.

jauher · Jun 8, 2012, 05:39 AM

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