Friday, 12 April 2013

How to remove write protection from the USB disk in Windows

Sometimes we get a problem on our PC that when we try to copy something to our USB disk it shows anerror that "The disk is write protected" . If the problem is due to viruses or any error in Windows registry then it can be rectified. But someone has intentionally make it write protected by adding a passwordthen it will not work. Also Check: How to enable disable the copy/move option to USB drive Process: 1. Open registry Editor. Also Check: How to open Registry Editor and Group Policy Editor 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies 3. Create a new key " WriteProtect " there. 4. Change the Value of write protect key to 0 In the Value Data Box. Press OK 5. Exit Registry 6. Restart your computer and re-connect your USB pen drive on yourcomputer. That is it.

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