shubham gupta asks:
When I try to delete items from my SanDisk pen drive, it shows a message saying that the drive is write protected. How to remove that write protection of pen drive?
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1. Go to run, type regedit and press enter.
2. Navigate to the path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies
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.
4. 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 see if this help
if there is no important file, try to format
Click on Start.
Type diskmgmt.msc in Run.
In the disk management window, select the pen drive, right click on it and click on Format. Now choose the File System and Allocation Unit Size.
Click on OK.
or
1. Start > search bar -> CMD and press enter
2. type< diskpart
3. type< list disk
4. type< select disk # (# is the number of the USB key)
5. type< attributes disk clear readonly
perhaps this hotfix can help also
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/remove-write-protection-sandisk-pen-drive/
perhaps take ownership
http://www.rizonesoft.com/2011/ownership-shell/
You can find two reg files below if you are on xp or vista
http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-write-access-to-usb-hard-disk-and-flash-key-drives/
may i know the correct format of writing in cmd..
Folloow this tutorial
http://pario.no/2011/05/23/clear-read-only-flag-on-disk-in-windows-7-using-diskpart/
go to run and type gpedit.msc this will open group policy then
Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-System-All Settings just below Windows Components
right click on Removable Disks: Deny Write access then choose Edit in the opened windowschoose set to Not Configured and click apply
hello sir there is no ALL SETTINGS in my computer
which windows OS you have. if you click on Administrative Templates on the right screen you will see all items and below
Windows Components you should see
All Settings.
Enable Group Policy Editor on Windows 7 Home
http://www.instantfundas.com/2011/07/enable-group-policy-editor-on-windows-7.html
Hello are you sure your drive is not locked by a switch? If it is, try unlocking it by moving switch. If that is not the case, you could try the following:
http://www.troublefixers.com/remove-write-protection-on-usb-pen-drive-or-memory-card-or-ipod/
No guys no idea works.
Try to format from other pc
try to format with HP disc format utility.
if nothing works your card may be dameged.
Hello, you could try the second solution in the sandisk forum:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1102/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzI3NDc1NDAxL3NpZC80UW1QSF9Paw==
If nothing else works, you could try formatting pendrive with gparted:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
Did you by any chance checked the pendrive in another computer?
how can remove write protection my sandisk
it does not work
these step is successfull to remove write-protect from usb
plz suggest effective step to remove write-protect from usb
thank you
i have been facing a probleme with my pen drive write-protection. i should get a solution for removing it from my usb.
When I try to delete items from my SanDisk pen drive, it shows a message saying that the drive is write protected. How to remove that write protection of pen drive?
1.Go to Run->regedit
2.MyComputer->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control -> StorageDevicePolicies
3.Delete the StorageDevicePolicies in Your Registry.
no use for this solution
Hi I have a SanDisk cruzer blade 8GB pendrive which has got write protected without my knowledge, now it is not able to access it so please help me out to overcome this problem.
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.
4. 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.
This suggest is not worked plz help my new sendisk pendrive is write protected
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.
That will remove the “readonly” setting from the flash drive’s volume. Hopefully it helps.
how can i remove the write protection from my sandisk pen drive?
i can’t format my sundisk pendrive due to write prtection
tanx dude