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RAHULRR
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sir, my transcend pendrive is shows write protected no action can be completed on pendrive.
I check this in many pc's but same problem occur in all

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xpcman
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Feb 11, 2014 at 12:04 AM
The drive is probably broken. Windows returns this code when it can't write to the drive. It just assumes it can't write because it's "write protected".
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Feb 11, 2014 at 12:07 AM
but sir pendrive is not broken also pendrive is shown in our pc but no action takes place
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Feb 11, 2014 at 05:16 AM
Hope this will help you...
for windows only

Click start
then run regedit
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder
then make some new one. Follow this steps:

step 1:
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
again and right click control folder

step 2:
select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into
StorageDevicePolicies

step 3:
right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value
for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value
for 64-bit Operating System

step 4:
rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect
and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit

step 5:
open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and
properly eject your flash drive

step 6:
plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32


Now, you can use your flash drive again....
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