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How to Fix “the Disk is Write Protected” Error in Flash Drive

David Taylor ~ Modified: August 29th, 2016 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading

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    David Taylor
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    Hello, I am facing a problem with my removable flash drive. When I insert the flash drive to may computer and tries to write some thing then it shows an error i.e. The Disk is Write Protected. Then I checked the flash drive on other computer but the problem remains same. So I want to know, is there any solution to fix write protected error.

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    Jasmine Jackson
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    Hi, I found many flash drive which have small switch that enables write protection, check your flash drive. Is there any switch if found then disable it and the write protection error will we fixed.

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    David Taylor
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    I checked no switch is on my flash drive. Must be some other issue for write protection error.

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    Martin Ross
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    You can fix write protection error from removable drive by changing its registry key value. Follow the steps.
    Step 1: – Go to Run and type regedit and hit on Enter.
    Step 2: – Find the registry key storage device policy.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\storatedevicepolicies

    Step 3: – On the right side of registry pane find the write protection option and change its value from 1 to 0.
    Step 4: – Exit from registry and restart the computer.
    Step 5: – Pug-in the flash drive and write file in it.

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    David Taylor
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    I did not find the storage device policies under the control option. What to do now.

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    Martin Ross
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    In this situation you need to create New Storage policies and then assign its value from 1 to 0.

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    Jasmine Jackson
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    There are many ways to fix write protection error. Follow the steps given bellow.

    • The files you want to move, it must be printable.
    • Scan your removable flash drive by an updated anti-virus.
    • You can use Diskpart to resolve this issue. By accessing command prompt.
    • check for lock or unlock button on your flash drive.
    • If these steps did not fix the issue then use diskmgmt widows built in utility.
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    David Taylor
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    I did not know how to access Disk Management Utility. Will you please guide me.

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    Jasmine Jackson
    Moderator

    Disk Management utility is a windows built in utility. I found a well written article you can go through it.
    How to Access Disk Management Utility

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    David Taylor
    Moderator

    Thanks for your support, It worked well.

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    Jasmine Jackson
    Moderator

    Disk write protection error obstruct you to write any thing in the disk. But you can easily remove it from the disk. Simply read this article and follow all mentioned steps. I also performed the discussed steps and removed write protection error from my flash drive.

    Best way to fix write protection error from usb drive

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