Atwood799 :
dadur604 :
I have a USB and need it but it says that it is write protected. I have tried formatting it, it says it is write protected. I have tried formatting in safe mode, same error. I have tried changing the registry, still doesnt work. I have also tried removing the "readonly" from it and formatting from cmd, DOESNT WORK! I need this USB and I dont want to go out to buy another one. I have nothing important on it, so tell me to do ANYTHING to get it to work. Please.
Recently, I have also got a write protected USB drive and the registry setting also makes no difference. I need your help!
ok if none of the above has work
Lets go back to regedit and locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
as we know StorageDevicePolicies is not there so lets see what happens when we create that key
first back up the Control key by right clicking control and clicking export and saving that reg file in a safe spot
now right click control again select new and click key
rename that new key StorageDevicePolicies then select that newly named key now go to the right panel while that key is selected right click anywhere select new>DWORD 32bit and name it WriteProtect
then click on WriteProtect and change the value to a 0 restart your computer and retry your usb, good luck