Pendrive shows write protected

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RAHULRR Posts 3 Registration date Monday 10 February 2014 Status Member Last seen 11 February 2014 - 10 Feb 2014 à 23:59
Ambucias Posts 47312 Registration date Monday 1 February 2010 Status Moderator Last seen 28 March 2026 - 11 Feb 2014 à 05:16
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 Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
11 Feb 2014 à 00:04
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".
RAHULRR Posts 3 Registration date Monday 10 February 2014 Status Member Last seen 11 February 2014
11 Feb 2014 à 00:07
but sir pendrive is not broken also pendrive is shown in our pc but no action takes place
Ambucias Posts 47312 Registration date Monday 1 February 2010 Status Moderator Last seen 28 March 2026 11,166
11 Feb 2014 à 05:16
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....