Remove Write Protection From USB Drive Part-II

Some others options to remove USB Drive Write Protection

1. Modify a registry key: StorageDevicePolicies

The last solution that you might want to try after creating a backup of your registry:

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and hit ENTER.
2. Go to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
3. Search for a key WriteProtect
4. If there is such a key change the value to 0.
5. Repeat the same for all HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00*\Control\StorageDevicePolicies (replace * with number)

2. Can’t find (3)? Create a registry key StorageDevicePolicies:

If you can’t find the key StorageDevicePolicies in step (3) you have to create it manually:

1. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\
and select New -> Key.
2. Enter the name StorageDevicePolicies.
3. Click on the new registry key StorageDevicePolicies and on the right pan right-click, select New > DWORD and give it the name WriteProtect.
4. Double click on it and set its value to 0.


3. Last resort: Format your USB drive

If you still receive the error that you have to remove write protection first, try to connect the USB drive to another PC and see if the problem remains. As a last resort, you might want to copy the data on your drive or stick to another USB drive and then format the write-protected drive. After formatting the USB drive the write protection will be gone.

Remove Write Protection From USB Drive

Remove Write Protection From USB Drive Problem and Complete Solution

If you are using Windows 7 OS and can't find the way to disable the write-protection to your USB drive

1. Check your cables, is the drive connected properly?

In some cases, the problem can be fixed quickly. Just check the cables first and you may notice that the drive was not connected properly. Once it is connected properly, you will be able to write to your USB drive again.
Note: In some cases you can read the drive even if it is not connected properly.

2. Is the drive actually write-protected?

Open the Windows Explorer (Windows key +E) and right-click on your USB drive and click on Properties. Go to the tab Security and click on Edit. Select your username and check if you have Write permissions. If you don’t, check the option “Full” for full permissions or “Write” for write permissions:

3. Search for a “lock switch”

Some USB drives and USB sticks have a switch that allows you to lock a hard drive and prevent ANY changes. Please read your handbook or examine the USB drive, SD card or USB stick closely. If you can find the switch, you can easily unlock and remove the write protection from your drive.

How to Write-Protect Your USB Flash Drive

Many a time, it becomes necessary for us to write protect our USB flash drive so as to protect it from viruses and other malware programs. As flash drives are so popular and most widely used to move data between computers, they are the prime target for attackers as a means to get infections spread around the computer world. Also, since USB drive is not a Read-Only Memory (ROM), the data inside it can easily be modified or deleted by malware programs.

But unfortunately, most of the new flash drives do not come with a write-protect feature as the manufacturers wish to cut down the cost of production. Hence, the only way to write-protect your USB flash drives is to enable this feature on your own computer.

This can be done by adding a small entry to the Windows registry which acts as a switch that can be enabled to make use of the write protection or disabled to allow write access. Just follow these steps:

1. Open the Registry Editor (Open the “Run” dialog box, type regedit and hit “Enter”).

1. Navigate to the following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\

1. Create a New Key named as StorageDevicePolicies. To do this, right-click on Control, again click on New->Key and name it as StorageDevicePolicies.

1. Now right-click on  StorageDevicePolicies and create a New->DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it as WriteProtect.

1. Double-click on WriteProtect and set the Value data to 1.

Now the right-protection for USB drives is enabled on your computer (no restart required) and thus it would not be possible for anyone or any program to add/delete the contents from your USB flash drive. Any attempt to copy or download the files onto the USB drive will result in the following error message being displayed.

To revert and remove the write-protection, all you need to do is just change the Value data for WriteProtect (Step-5) from 1 back to 0. Now write access to all the USB devices is re-enabled.

Sometimes it may seem difficult to remember and follow the above mentioned steps each time you want to enable/disable the write protection. Hence as an alternative way, there are many tools available to automatically enable/disable the write-protection feature.

 

GOD MODE

A useful windows 7 trick which let u access many option of windows in a panel(not control panel) something name GOD MODE

STEPS

1:- create a folder
2:- name it like this copy and paste it as the new folder name ..BELOW

Everything.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

you can add any prefix you want example .. HARISH.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
you will get a cool apps better than control panel

Running CHKDSK

One way to run a chkdsk , is to

1. Double click on My Computer
2. Right click on the drive you want to check
3. Select Properties
4. Click on the Tools tab
5. Click on the Check Now button
6. Check to Automatically fix file system errors - This is the same as running chkdsk /f
7. If you want to Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, check that box - This is the same as running chkdsk /R. It can also add a lot of time to the scan
8. Reboot if necessary

You can also run chkdsk from the command line with will give you more options.
The following switches are available:

/F - fix any errors
/R - identifies bad sectors
/V - with FAT32, displays a verbose output
With NTFS Volumes:
/I - Performs simpler check (stage 2)
/C - Skips the checking of cycles within folder structures
/X - Forces the volume to dismount if necessary.  Intended for server administrators and should be avoided for normal use