Removing Write Protection
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Sumaya
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Jan 8, 2017 at 09:53 PM
KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017 - Jan 10, 2017 at 03:28 AM
KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017 - Jan 10, 2017 at 03:28 AM
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KY_WD
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Updated by KY_WD on 9/01/17 at 12:43 PM
Updated by KY_WD on 9/01/17 at 12:43 PM
Hello Sumaya,
You have given so little information that it seems quite impossible to orient myself into your problem. What kind of write protection are you talikg about? Are you talking about a pen drive or an external hard drive? I also would like to know if has anything happened to the device prior to the error that you get.
Please come back to the topic to share more information.
Cheers.
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You have given so little information that it seems quite impossible to orient myself into your problem. What kind of write protection are you talikg about? Are you talking about a pen drive or an external hard drive? I also would like to know if has anything happened to the device prior to the error that you get.
Please come back to the topic to share more information.
Cheers.
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Jan 9, 2017 at 06:28 PM
Jan 9, 2017 at 06:28 PM
Perhaps this CCM how-to will help:
https://ccm.net/faq/4214-how-to-disable-write-protection-on-a-usb-key
Good luck
https://ccm.net/faq/4214-how-to-disable-write-protection-on-a-usb-key
Good luck
Jan 9, 2017 at 06:26 PM
I looked on the comments and someone else, I think, suggested running disk management, but the instructions became confusing as I could not see what they were instructing to right click and delete (partition or something).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Updated by KY_WD on 10/01/17 at 03:28 AM
Frankly said, I'm not very familiar with the registry editting too, so I can't give you more hints on this than Ambucias already did. Honestly, I wouldn't go into that area if I'm not sure about what to change and what the impact would be, because I could mess with an registry that could be fatal to the system's operability.
Can you tell me, have you tried using the command prompt menu? If not, please try the following:
1. Open command prompt
2. Type the following:
attrib -s -h -r X:/*.* / s / d
Then hit "Enter" and wait about for some seconds
Be careful! Respect the spaces between words and script. Change the letter X with that has been assigned to the USB device on your PC (that you can see it in My Computer. It can be anything, depends on each computer.)
3. Finally, browse the flash drive and delete the recycle folder and if there is another one called "Autorun" you have to delete that too.
Let me know if that helped, if you tried it.