One more thing to check:
> Click Start->Run, enter: regedit
> Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control
> Does sub-key StorageDevicePolicies exist? If yes, right click to delete this sub-key
Step 2:
insert the USB device, then
control panel->Admin Tools->Disk Management
Your boot drive will show as C:\ and under
Layout will be Partition
File System will show NTFS
How does your USB show up?
Step 3:
So if you go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
look for StorageDevicePolicies – if found, open it and look for WriteProtect - - delete the key
Step 4:
Try this …it definitely works…I found it after lot of research online…
i have the problem to format sandisk pendrive…the pendrive show the disk write protected…when i follow step make easy to reformat pendrive write into Start > Run > type ‘regedit…bla bla…but my computer can’t see StorageDevicePolicies at the end…so what can i do to make my pendrive see this word and can format as usual…tq
I don’t know about others, but the drive worked fine this morning when I uploaded files from an XP box
That after noon, on a Win7 machine - it won’t accept writes or delete.
Meanwhile, the other two have been merrily writing and deleting from all three machines (xp, vista and win7). Not reasuring to have a functional drive suddenly “quit” functioning when you need it. (In this case, I did not happen to actually “need” it.)
i have problem with my SANDISK,USB FLASH-DRIVE(8GB) that whenever i insert or plug it with some computer and try to write(CUT,COPY etc) it shows an error that THE DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED…can any one please suggest that why it is displaying such error…at first i think that this is problem with my pc but know the essue is same for all computer…
i have problem with my SANDISK,USB FLASH-DRIVE(8GB) that whenever i insert or plug it with some computer and try to write(CUT,COPY etc) it shows an error that THE DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED…can any one please suggest that why it is displaying such error…
can any help me to resolve this issue???
Have you read any of the previous replies in this thread?
I bought new sandisk 16gb usb pendrive in that i cant able to save the files nor i cant format because it is showing write protection and i tried to remove that but it is not happending. Please suggest me how to do that