How To Disable Write Protection from a USB Key

How To Disable Write Protection from a USB Key

Kindly note if your disk is having Bad sector's this will not work,

You have to replace your disk.

First Method

Watch Below Video. 

Follow below steps

1) Run CMD as administrator

2) Type diskpart.exe

3) Type LIST DISK 

4) Type SELECT DISK and select your pendrive

5) Type DETAIL DISK 

6) Type ATTR DISK CLEAR READONLY 

After this command if Readonly is get clear reconnect your pendrive and it will work proper.

If read only is not getting clear with command, kindly use Low Level formatting tool, even after formatting it does not work then YOUR PENDRIVE IS HAVING BAD SECTOR AND NEED A REPLACEMENT.

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Second Method

How to Remove Write Protection on a USB from Registry

When enabled, write protection is a setting that blocks any sort of modification or deletion

of a file on a disc. If you are experiencing an issue when attempting to copy or delete files on

a USB flash drive, there is a very simple solution that will allow you to remove this setting,

Giving you the capability to modify, copy, or delete any files from your USB drive. 

To remove the write protection, simply open your Start menu, and click on Run. Type in regedit and press Enter. This will open the registry editor. 

The next step is to navigate to the following path: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Double-click the WriteProtect key located in the right side pane and set the value to 0. Go to the Data Value box and press OK:

To finish, simply restart your system, and then reconnect your USB pen drive to the computer.

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Third Method

How to Disable USB write protection using the Group Policy

To Disable write protection using Group Policy, do the following:

1.   Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.

2.   Type gpedit.msc and click OK to open the Local Group Policy Editor.

3.   Browse the following path:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Removable Storage Access

4.   On the right side, double-click the Removable Disks: Deny write access policy.

5.   On the top-left, select the Disabled option to deactivate the policy.

6.   Click Apply.

7.   Click OK.

8.   Close the Group Policy editor.

9.   Restart your computer to complete the task.

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Fourth Method

Download Formatter Silicon Power and format your Pendrive.
Kindly note after trying all above methods use this software to format your pendrive.

Link>>>> http://www.mediafire.com/file/dalzj6l64sqhahz/Formatter+Silicon+Power+v.3.7.0.0+%28PS2251%29.zip

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