Pen drive write protation

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ak - Sep 24, 2009 at 08:31 AM
closeup22 Posts 8923 Registration date Friday May 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen October 7, 2010 - Sep 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Hello,

i have 2gb pendrive when i format the drive the message show " the disk is write protected cannot format it"

then how to solve the issue.

Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0
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closeup22 Posts 8923 Registration date Friday May 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen October 7, 2010 2,099
Sep 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM
hi there,

to remove write protection

follow these steps:

Press Start -> Run, type regedit, press Ok

Click on My Computer

Then press File -> Export, give some file name to backup the registry. Just incase you ever need to rollback

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePolicies

In the right pane select "writeprotect"

RESET the value to '0'

Thanks
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