Pendrive writeprotected problem: solved

if you tried coping i file to your pen drive or any flash drive and this message "media write protected" or just "write protected" pops up , check whether the flash drive is having a lock and unlock it else follow this steps.

first keep your pendrive pluged in
Your pc
1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type
regedit and press Enter, this will
open the registry editor.
2. Navigate to
the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control
\StorageDevicePolicies Note: If the
registry key StorageDevicePolicies
key does not exist, then download this file HERE double click
on the add file u hav downloaded and the key will be
automatically added to registry then
repeat step 1 and 2.
3. Double click the key WriteProtect in
the right pane and set the
value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button 4. Exit Registry,
restart your computer and then again
re- connect your USB pen drive on
your computer.


Alternatively
Download this registry from HERE onto your desk top and double click on it to remove the write protected with going through so many steps


Or fixing it Manually without any downloading

NB:PLUG IN UR PENDRIVE
steps:

1. Run Registry Editor (regedit).
2. Navigate to the following
registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Control
3. Create a
New Key named as
StorageDevicePolicies.
4. Highlight StorageDevicePolicies,
and then create a New DWORD
(32-bit) Value named as
WriteProtect.
5. Double click on WriteProtect,
and set its value data to 0.


If in case this does nt work which i
know wil surely work then try the
2nd method
1. Copy all the important data from
this drive to your computer
because this method will format the
drive and erase all the data on
the pen drive.
2.Download HERE and Unzip this HS2.0 LFORMAT utility to a folder on your hard disk,
preferably on a folder on desktop
screen for easy access (Do Not Save
it on pen drive). Keep your pen drive
plugged in, and double click on
the Start.bat file in the folder where you unzipped the above utility.
This will start formatting your pen
drive, wait till the formatting
completes and the LED on your pen
drive stops blinking. Remove your
pen drive after than and plug it in again. The above two steps will
solve the problem.