Hi this is Visu... I have a SONY 1 GB pen drive which has become write protected... there's no external switch to remove write protection and all attempts at using command prompt and recovery console result in the same message.. "the volume is write protected. unable to format".. please help me out...

Have you tried checking MY COMPUTER, then right click on the drive itself, PROPERTIES, and see if there's an option there?

If not, some manufacturers (not sure of the pen drive model) have programs that remove the write protect.

I have a 8gb pen drive and no its not working. Whenever I try to copy something it displays message that it is write protected and it does not allow me to even format me. I tried all the possible to format it.please give me some solution.

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/uploads/EnableUSBWrite.zip

Disable USB Write
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/DisableUSBWrite.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.





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

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."

I am failing to remove write protection from my usb drive

Try This, That helped me.
You may need to Partition
http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDGURU-Low-Level-Format-Tool/LLFsetup.2.36.1181.exe

Hi... I have the same problem with my 4GB iBALL pen drive. I had tried all the solutions wirh registry and some Low Level Format software but not getting the result. Still my pen drive is write protected. Please give some solution because I have some important data with it. I don't want to lose my data of my pen drive...

You are piggy-backing on someone else's thread. Feel free to create your own to generate more traffick and we can help you!

I hv 4GB memorycard of sandisk ,when ever I want to format the drive it says write protected.how can I remove that from my pen drive?

How To Remove Write Protection From Pendrive

How can I remove write protection from pendrive.