Sometimes, you may came across errors such as disk write protection with removable disks, that may make you believe that the disk has malfunctioned and can’t be used at all. Today, in this article, we’ll discuss how to remove this error in two methods:
Method #1
1. Create a system restore point first and then press Windows Key + R combination, type put regedit in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
3. In the left pane of this location, right click Control key and select New -> Key. Name the new sub-key so created as StorageDevicePolicies. Now come to the right pane of this sub-key i.e. StorageDevicePolicies, right click and select New-> DWORD Value.
Name the newly created DWORD as WriteProtect. In some cases, you might find that this DWORDunder the sub-key already exists and the DWORD has a Value set to 1. Double click on the DWORD to modify its Value data:
4. In the above shown box, change the Value data to 0 from 1. Click OK. Close the Registry Editor and check if the issue is resolved, else try Method 2 below.
1. Create a system restore point first and then press Windows Key + R combination, type put regedit in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
2. In the left pane, navigate here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
4. In the above shown box, change the Value data to 0 from 1. Click OK. Close the Registry Editor and check if the issue is resolved, else try Method 2 below.
Method 2.
1. Open administrative Command Prompt.
2. Type these commands one by one and
press Enter key after each:
diskpart
list disk
select disk # (# is the number of USB drive with
which you’re getting error and is plugged in, see screenshot below)
attributes disk clear
readonly
You may now close Command
Prompt and re-plug the USB drive and check if the
issue is resolved. If the disk is still showing same error, there could be
a possibility that the chip-set of this drive is broken.
If this does not help
you, you may want to see this post, which gives additional tips on how to remove the Write Protection on
a Disk. If your data on the drive is of paramount importance, you may need to
consult a data recovery professional.
Check this if you need
to Write
protect USB flash drives in Windows 10/8/7.
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