S Sudharsan asks:
When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
37 Answers -
Anonymous
November 21, 2011Neo 9 tool able to get past the write protection and format the pen drive
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
or
1.Go to Run->regedit
2.MyComputer->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control -> StorageDevicePolicies
3.Delete the StorageDevicePolicies in Your Registry.
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4214-remove-write-protection-on-pen-drive
thanks mera pen drive chalu hua
January 24, 2012Thnx Bhai………..
January 28, 2012thank u so much very helpful lines
March 19, 2012their is no storagedevicepolicies that mean no need to delete but show
May 11, 2012default reg_sz (i had try by modifyoption with right click 1 to 0) but didn’t successes
and i also tried by jetflash online recovery but problem is still pls suggest
1. Start > search bar -> CMD and press enter
May 12, 20122. type< diskpart
3. type< list disk
4. type< select disk # (# is the number of the USB key)
5. type< attributes disk clear readonly
thank you very much. successfully i formatted my write protected pd.
May 13, 2012i also executed the above steps but my pen drive wasn’t formatted. what to do now?
June 5, 2012any another way ?
June 1, 2012Gupta’s method mentioned in the link below -
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/remove-write-protection-sandisk-pen-drive/
” I’ve had some luck with the following:
Open up a command prompt. Type “diskpart” and press enter. At the “DISKPART >” prompt, type “list volume”. This will show you a list of your drives and a corresponding number. Assuming your flash drive is listed as “5″, type “select volume 5″. Then type “attributes volume clear readonly” and press enter.
June 18, 2012That will remove the “readonly” setting from the flash drive’s volume. Hopefully it helps. “
it’s nt working can u tell any other way
July 3, 2012to format pd
depends if u have trancent pendrive then i can help u . u just have to download an online recovery tool which of 2 mb . then run the pgm as administrator and follow the instruction..
July 7, 2012it resolved my problem it solves urs..
very thanks to u i hv formated my pendrive
July 8, 2012Jeff
November 21, 2011This error may also mean that the pen drive is corrupted.
Mjevolve
November 21, 2011hello .
the best and most powerful partition editor and format tool is the – GParted http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
you can try …
FIDELIS
November 22, 2011Hello, have you tried doing a low level format on your pen drive?
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
or you could try the HP USB storage format tool:
http://hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool.en.softonic.com/
If your pen drive is made by one of the big manufacturers you can visit their site and see if they offer a usb drive format utility. Most do….
If you have a linux live cd around, you could use it to format a drive. It incorporates the gpated utility. You could also try two other steps described in the following link:
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
Kumar Sona143
January 14, 2012how con i format my pen drive write protect error…….
maulik
February 12, 2012hi.. the only solution i have got is to do it through this software. “JetFlash Online Recovery”.. i have suffered a lot for this problem for a long.. so want to share the solution to you guyz.. good luck
Thanks Brother… I download this software and it’s working successfully. You save money…Thanks
June 4, 2012Lawatsanjeev
February 19, 2012MyComputer->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control -> Storage only show. how can find StorageDevicePolicies?
my dear just Ctrl + f
February 19, 2012and type your storrgae device policeis it will be find thanks
still not found storege device polices by ctrl f pl help to format my pen drive
May 24, 2012Follow the link below -
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4214-remove-write-protection-on-pen-drive
May 29, 2012same problem with my lapi any one tell how can i format my pen dri
July 3, 2012Sairam Maddali
February 27, 2012my system doesnot show storage device polocies what can i do to remove write protection of my pendrive help me gentlemans….
Adil
March 18, 2012Thanks yr. I removed my writeprotected device in normal form….
Gurmeet_nandha
March 28, 2012thanks 22 mera pan drive chal gya
Densondaniel1
April 1, 2012i have 4 gb i ball pendrive i can’t formated while formating message show “write protected” how to solve this
Have you implemented the suggestions of Anonymous ( using neo 9 tool ) given in below comments? It’s a working solution.
May 12, 2012ram patil
April 4, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
Have you implemented the suggestions of Anonymous ( using neo 9 tool ) given in below comments? It’s a working solution as it alters the storage device policy to enable read write access.
May 12, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
May 13, 2012Did you tried neo9 tool -
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
June 18, 2012hey r u formatted now.if yes plz reply
June 8, 2012Aroo
April 4, 2012i cant see storagedivesepolicies
Try ha14 ‘s solution given in the below comment.
May 12, 2012Alpesh 9102
April 7, 2012thanks to “JetFLASH online Recovery” software i could formate my write protected pendrive.
Musthafa Koleth K
April 18, 2012my pen drive not working “the disk write protect”
Try the solution mentioned by Anonymous (using neo 9 tool)in the below comment.
May 12, 2012shankar
April 24, 2012my pendrive 8gb sandisk cruzer blade usb device .can not formating asking files are write protected .how to format it .please solve my problem
Try the solution mentioned by Anonymous (using neo 9 tool)in the below comment.It’s working.
May 12, 2012shankar
April 24, 2012please tell how to format write protected
Abi
April 25, 2012dear folks,,
here is the solution to remove write protection in pendrive due to virus. please do the following steps
start – run -regedit – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\storatedevicepolicies
in right side u will be getting writeprotect option, just right click that and modify the value from 1 to 0
it will work definetly ……………….
By Abi
thank u
Not workin bro!
May 2, 2012Not working on my WIN7!!!!!!!!
May 2, 2012not working also.
May 9, 2012Follow ha14′s sugggestion given in below comments.
May 12, 2012Try ha14′s solution mentioned in the below comment.
May 12, 2012Karan
April 29, 2012Click on Start. Then click on Run. Type cmd in the text box. then type format “drive name” Press Enter key. Your Pen drive will be formatted. Now you can use your pen drive safely. So Be happy
not working
May 14, 2012Did you tried Neo9 tool suggested by Anonymous at the first comment of this page?
May 29, 2012thakkar kashyap
May 15, 2012how can i formeting a write protection pen drive? pls reply
Hi
Start > Run “cmd”
type–> diskpart
type–> list volume
type–> select volume #
type–> attributes disk clear readonly
type–> x:\>attrib -r /s /d (X= USB drive)
1. Open start menu, in the search bar type REGEDIT and press enter. This will open the registry editor.
2. Navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
Note: If the registry key StorageDevicePolicies does not exist, you will need to create it manually.
3. Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect.
May 15, 20124. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right window and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button
5. Restart your computer and try copying files into your USB drives I Hope Your Pendrive Is Write & Copy Past
not working
May 16, 2012the message came “the disk was aborted” on dos and on windows= “blab blab because of write protected blab”
how create storagedevicePolicies ..? plz suggest
July 4, 2012RAVI
May 20, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4214-remove-write-protection-on-pen-drive
June 18, 2012abdul razik
May 25, 2012how to formate the pendrive.
wen the disk is write protected
Visit the link below and follow the steps mentioned in it -
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
May 29, 2012thank susendepp.. Dutta i have done it..
July 2, 2012prasad
June 8, 2012hi friends I have I ball pen drive of 8gb and it is write protected so wat can I do for it.
Prasad,
Have you tried the steps outlined above? What did you try and how did it fail?
June 13, 2012inderjeet singh GrewaL
June 13, 2012i cant understand what r u write on upper page
:
If you were overwhelmed by the mentioned codes above then did you tried neo9 tool -
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
June 18, 2012zayed
June 19, 2012How can I format a write protected pen drive?
Use Neo9 tool -
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
June 25, 2012karthick
June 23, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
Try mUSBfixer -
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/mUSBfixer.shtml
June 25, 2012its not working!
June 30, 2012Try neo9 tool -
http://www.box.net/shared/9hgp81ndgs
July 26, 2012Samuth prom
June 29, 2012hi How can i remove the write protect ?Please help me!
vikram
July 2, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
July 2, 2012follow this link only.. i have done it..
Ashok Kumar Jain
July 6, 2012When I try to format my pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
shardul
July 9, 2012i have a sandisk pendrive which i cant formet….?
viswanathan
July 12, 2012my drive has 160gb but only used 50gb but its shows a free space is 70gb how do i retrive that could u help me ?or tell the solution please
viswanathan,
July 20, 2012is that 70gb is unallocated space?? if so, you can go to comptr manag.>disk manag.> right click on it and format it. if its still not working r.c it again and delete it than it will automatically add to the main drive/your drive….good lck!!:)
anip
July 20, 2012pls help to format my 16 gb scandisk pendrtve……..pls urjent……….
Right click on your pendrive’s drive and click on format and click on start.
July 26, 2012RAKESH
July 21, 2012my 8gb pen drive write protect how can i format my pen drive.
IMTIAZ ALAM
July 21, 2012When I try to format my 8gb iBall pen drive, a message comes “The disk is write protected”. So I can’t format my pen drive. Help me quickly please.
SURYA
July 22, 2012Hai friends
To format the pendrive of any responce try this procedure:
Start > Run “cmd”
type–> diskpart
type–> list volume
type–> select volume #
type–> clean
the the pendrive is clean but u cannot access the pendrive or u cant format directl.
it will displays the formating error.and file partition is soo big.
so now follow these steps:
step1: right click on my computer
step2: click manage
step3: click disk management under storage
step4: goto to ur volume and right click on it and slect make new partition
step5: click next many times until it finish
this will make ir pendrive working.
thank you
naveen
July 22, 2012i am using sandisk 8 gb cruser i am not able to format my pen drive nor delete the items
Your pendrive is write protected and needs to remove its write protection to allow formatting.Try the tools suggested in above comments.
July 26, 2012Joerg Sternberg
July 23, 2012the disc is write protected. I can’t format USB pendrive 32GB
Mein SkanDisk USB Stick 32 GB laesst sich nicht beschreiben. Es erfolgt eine Meldung “Write Protected”. Wie kann ich write protected beseitigen?
Visit the link below -
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
July 27, 2012