Have you ever encountered this problem while using your USB drive , memory card or other Removable Storage media?
"The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another drive."
Here are some solution to overcome this problem.
1. Using Lock Switches :
Some USB drives and Memory card come with a built-in switch that is used to lock the drive for write protection or to prevent any changes to data in the drive.
Examine the Drive or MMC closely, if you find a switch lock, turn it to the other side to unlock the write protection.
2. Check Permission of the Removable Storage Media :
a. Right Click on Removable Storage Media (USB , MMC etc) and select properties in the explorer windows.
b. Now in the Properties window, Select Security tab.
c. Select 'user' under user name and click on 'Edit'.
d. Now make sure that the 'Full Permission' or 'Write' option is checked.
3. Using Registry Editor :
a. Go to Start Menu.Select RUN.
b. Type here REGEDIT and Press OK.
c. Now Registry Editor window will open. Naviagate to the following path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
d. Now in the right pane, search for the WriteProtect.
e. Check its value.
Writeprotect = 0 (0 means Write protection is off)
Writeprotect = 1 (1 means write protection is on)
if its value is 1, change it to 0 .
that's it :) .
Sometime after navigating through the path :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
you came to know that the key StorageDevicePolicies does not exists.
in that case you have to create a new key at that path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Create a new key and name it as StorageDevicePolicies. Now open this newly created key and right click in the right pane.select New , then DWORD. Name this DWORD as Writeprotect and give it a value of 0.
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