Stoopid usb. Going to try formatting with a tv or something stupid. Thats how I got a single 1TB FAT 32 partition on my pocket HDD's. Now if only I could remember how to find the format usb option on my tv... I think it may involve plugging the ant in and trying to record something.
Probably the simple way, but I like fixing stuff ok. Also this video is a bit bogus as its the regedit of the computer, so it changes the write protect of any usb's plugged into that machine in future as well. I didn't have storage device policy's because that type of write protect has never been used on my machine forbore. I ended up adding a new key and Dword, didn't help one bit. But I do know how to disable a system from being able to write to usb now >:) Can't wait for the family reunion this year :)
If you can’t find the key StorageDevicePolicies in you have to create it manually. 1. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\ and select New -> Key. 2. Enter the name StorageDevicePolicies. 3. Click on the new registry key StorageDevicePolicies and on the right pan right-click, select New > DWORD and give it the name WriteProtect. 4. Double click on it and set its value to 0.
Yep already did that. It stopped all flash drives from writing. Long story short. if you dont have storage device policies, it cant be affecting the flash stick. Creating new policies just adds more complexity to the problem. Still looking for a solution. I hear a PS3 or set top box may be dumb enough to format it without noticing its write protected. The advice in this video is not very good, and wont help 90% of people with this problem. If you do have storage device policies issues, it will prevent ALL flash drives from writing on that machine only. So realy all its good for is practical jokes.
I swear. I lost a few drives and thrown them away because of this. I thought I render them useless. This issue has given me fits. Glad I found this. Thanks!
for everyone who doesn't have the reg-edit directory, Follow these instructions as noted by Sanzay Thapa, you need to make that String value, i was able to change it to zero then format it, it worked once that directory is made. 50% thank you goes to Sanzay Thapa and the rest goes to Britec09 for the video on how to do it when you have that folder. "u have to make StorageDevicePolicies key if u don't have any goto control>New key>StorageDevicePolicies>new Dword"
Thanks for the effort... But, everybody on RUclips offering a solution to this "write protect" thing all give the SAME solution. And I think for the majority of us, it does NOT work. I'm still looking. I've got two partitions on my thumb drive. One is write protected and the other is not. Why is this fix so cryptic?
This guy went and made those files before making the video. The only way this works is if you were the one putting the write protection on there and then of course you can go and disable it. Some other person made a vid and they put the write protection on there and then disabled it. This guy only showed you half of what he did. So far I haven't found one vid that shows how to disable it without you being the one that put it on the USB in the first place. I think this write protection is like a virus from removing the device without ejecting it from the computer safely. This guy put that write protection on before making the vid and then started filming saying oh this is how you disable it. Whatta joke.
Varun Thorat I still have yet to find a solution. It would sure suck if it was like a 32 gb or something because I don't think there is a way to fix it. Maybe there is it's just the people that are smart enough to figure it out would just rather buy a new one which I think everyone is doing leading me to think that this prob will never be solved cuz people will just buy a replacement instead of fixing it.
Emad Ahmed that really sucks to hear. Must be some type of un fixable virus. It should just have a reset button on it where u stick a pin in it and that would solve everything lol
Thanks Brian, next one we all face is when I want to remove the USB drive and I want to use the safely remove the device option down near the clock and it says you cant cos its still in use.... funny sometimes, some USB's you can remove no problems and some will remember that is cant be removed safely, I end up turning the PC off to remove it..... every time lol... I started using this option cos I lost programs pulling it out when something was using it.
Thanks Brian :-) Dam windows registry, pain in the bum lol. Bring back the physical switch on the usb stick itself, much better than windows blocking. :-)
Click start then run regedit go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder then make some new one. Follow this steps: step 1: go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ again and right click control folder step 2: select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into StorageDevicePolicies step 3: right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value for 64-bit Operating System step 4: rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit step 5: open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and properly eject your flash drive step 6: plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32
hi when try to format it says write protected but when I go to registry option it is all ready showing 0. also tried CMD way diskpart list disk select disk attributes disk attributes disk clear readonly but doesn't work . If any other way please me ... thankx
Nice but oddly never come across this issue ever with a USB. Only the file in use annoyance which can be fixed with process monitor where you can search for the handle locking the drive.
Thanks for the video. My USB flash drive doesn't have a physical lock. Followed the steps above exactly and this didn't work. Any other suggestions please?
I have followed all the process that you were giving out, but there is no "Storage device policies" after storage there is storage information but not storage device policies, can you help me with this problem? is there no other way to fix my flash drive apart of this way? because there is no storage device policies shows up on my computer
I recently bought a 1TB portable hard drive and it is no longer displaying the right amount of capacity. Can you do a tutorial on how to fix this if possible it would be much appreciated. Also I've already tried cmd and device manger. It doesn't not let me format. :(
yeah I saw that, actually that is great vid as well, and would be great if you take a time to compose them(WPI+Driver Pack Solutions+Win7) into single USB and make it multibootable(create with menu interface)
Thanks for the fix , on W 10 you will need to go into storage management you may not see Storage Device Properties , then connected subsystems , then CacheEnabled REG_DWORD change the 1 to a 0 .
this option does not work. i cant find storage device policies in my reg edit. if have any other ideas for format a write protected usb then pls upload.
Thank you so much for this I kept having issue with my external hard drives from western digital not backing up anymore and diskpart clear attributes would not work. thank you for the video I have since subscribed to your videos
Hi sir can you please help me ... Attributes disk clear readonly command run successfully... This error appear after I type "clean" ("DiskPart has encountered an error:The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. See the system event log for more information.") thank you.
You are a marvel to us Brian, your tech tips are truly on the button but I have to laugh, my wife too is a cockney. One of her "bruvvas" speaks just like you. His fumdrive (also drive hache) is always having write protection problems. Hahaha. All the best mate.
u3known Click start then run regedit go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder then make some new one. Follow this steps: step 1: go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ again and right click control folder step 2: select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into StorageDevicePolicies step 3: right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value for 64-bit Operating System step 4: rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit step 5: open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and properly eject your flash drive step 6: plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32
wow i tried everything man thank you a million!!! When i tried to quickformat it worked. and then i was able to add all my music to it. Lol. thanks again
Thank You for that info after i made that String value, i was able to change it to zero then format it, it worked. you get 50% of you Solved it, the rest of the Thank You goes to Britec09 for the video on how to do it when you have that folder
Go to 'run' then type 'regedit' and go to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' then go to 'System' then to 'CurrentControlSet' then RIGHT CLICK the 'Control' the click 'New>Key' then type in 'StorageDevicePolicies' then RIGHT CLICK the newlymade Key which is the StorageDevicePolicies and click 'New>DWORD (32-bit) Value, then name the value as 'WriteProtect' and then double click that and change the modify to 1. After, restart your desktop then do the procedure of the video.
I tried formatting my usb after re inserting it to my computer but it still says that its write protected. Is there some type of software I have to download to reboot the usb?
This entry was missing in my WinXP SP3 installation but adding the entry manually made no difference...the USB Flash drive still says it's write protected even though there obviously is no write protect switch on this small device.
Created SDP as it was not there. Set the WriteProtect to 0 and saved it. - tried formatting - No go. Restarted the computer. Tried formatting again - Still no go. What's up?
From SanDisk!! 24/8/2013..... This is a known hardware error and can't be fixed. Sandisk is aware of the issue, although there is no official recall for the product. This is an offical answer if you contact customer service: "I understand that you are getting write protection error while accessing your Cruzer flash drive. The flash drive has detected a potential fault and has become write protected to prevent data loss. There is no method to fix this.
This only works if the thumb drive became write protected on the pc you're editing the registry for Do you have another solution if I don't have access to the pc the flash drive became write protected on?
Nice video with easy instructions just that it's not of use at all at least not in most cases. I tried this method but the stick still remained write protected. There are other methods like trying with safe mode which btw I didn' try myself ,I somehow doubt it would be of use as well. Have no idea how but like many others one day my usb stick turned out to be write protected. Don't know what have I done nor when or where which is frustrating. Whatever, some guys here advice us to get a new one but I ask what if we got into the same trouble? To get another one? And then another one....really, usb sticks in general seem like products with serial error.
I followed the tutorial, but had to create the storage decide policy folder and didn't work after I plugged back in my USB drive, could not delete/modity nor format, any other suggestions that I could try, please?
Changed the WriteProtect value to 0, go to format USB, but get a message saying it can't complete the formatting because the USB is write protected! Even though I changed the value to 0. Help??
I have tried everything. I have a SanDisk 16 gb when I go through Command Prompt it shows that it is not read-only and I did the thing in this video. Nothing. Help.
Please help me, l got to the final stage but after double clicking the writeProtect, ' cannot edit writeProtect: Error writing the value's new contents' was displayed.
for all those people who says there is no SDP(StorageDevicePolicies)... in this video, initially this PENDRIVE was not right protected i mean it was made write protected by creating a new key in that very current control set shown in the video.... and after it was made write protected the video was made after that very setup. so its obvious that nobody will find the SDP since nobody has made the pendrive write protected...
Why not use a simpler solution? Just go to "Disk Management" in the Administrative Tools section and format it from there. It worked for me on three separate Flash Drive (one was corrupted) on three different computers. All of them are Windows XP though but I reckoned it should also do the trick for later Windows OS.
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I dont have storage device policys in my reg edit. Any ideas?
Stoopid usb. Going to try formatting with a tv or something stupid. Thats how I got a single 1TB FAT 32 partition on my pocket HDD's. Now if only I could remember how to find the format usb option on my tv... I think it may involve plugging the ant in and trying to record something.
Probably the simple way, but I like fixing stuff ok. Also this video is a bit bogus as its the regedit of the computer, so it changes the write protect of any usb's plugged into that machine in future as well. I didn't have storage device policy's because that type of write protect has never been used on my machine forbore. I ended up adding a new key and Dword, didn't help one bit. But I do know how to disable a system from being able to write to usb now >:) Can't wait for the family reunion this year :)
I suppose a high voltage thumb drive could get a few views.... Time to pull out the flyback and big caps?
If you can’t find the key StorageDevicePolicies in you have to create it manually.
1. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrrentControlSet\Control\ and select New -> Key.
2. Enter the name StorageDevicePolicies.
3. Click on the new registry key StorageDevicePolicies and on the right pan right-click, select New > DWORD and give it the name WriteProtect.
4. Double click on it and set its value to 0.
Yep already did that. It stopped all flash drives from writing. Long story short. if you dont have storage device policies, it cant be affecting the flash stick. Creating new policies just adds more complexity to the problem. Still looking for a solution. I hear a PS3 or set top box may be dumb enough to format it without noticing its write protected.
The advice in this video is not very good, and wont help 90% of people with this problem. If you do have storage device policies issues, it will prevent ALL flash drives from writing on that machine only. So realy all its good for is practical jokes.
there is no '' storageDevicePolicies'' for me... :(
Could you please help me .. :)))
tnq
I swear. I lost a few drives and thrown them away because of this. I thought I render them useless. This issue has given me fits. Glad I found this. Thanks!
didn't work. "WrireProtect" was already set to 0
same here
Same here
same here
Same here
if you don't have the "STORAGE DEVICE POLICIES" on your regedit, you will need to create them. This worked for me.
for everyone who doesn't have the reg-edit directory, Follow these instructions as noted by Sanzay Thapa, you need to make that String value, i was able to change it to zero then format it, it worked once that directory is made. 50% thank you goes to Sanzay Thapa and the rest goes to Britec09 for the video on how to do it when you have that folder. "u have to make StorageDevicePolicies key if u don't have any goto control>New key>StorageDevicePolicies>new Dword"
You are the best. Please, do more videos on Registry tricks and fixes. Thanks
They have write protect on some USB drives so you can infected any computer you plug it into.
StorageDivicePolicies is the only thing missing from my list
Thanks for the effort... But, everybody on RUclips offering a solution to this "write protect" thing all give the SAME solution. And I think for the majority of us, it does NOT work. I'm still looking. I've got two partitions on my thumb drive. One is write protected and the other is not. Why is this fix so cryptic?
This guy went and made those files before making the video. The only way this works is if you were the one putting the write protection on there and then of course you can go and disable it. Some other person made a vid and they put the write protection on there and then disabled it. This guy only showed you half of what he did. So far I haven't found one vid that shows how to disable it without you being the one that put it on the USB in the first place. I think this write protection is like a virus from removing the device without ejecting it from the computer safely. This guy put that write protection on before making the vid and then started filming saying oh this is how you disable it. Whatta joke.
I see you are determined to find a solution...
if you do find one, Let me know too.
I got the same problem.
Thank you.
Varun Thorat I still have yet to find a solution. It would sure suck if it was like a 32 gb or something because I don't think there is a way to fix it. Maybe there is it's just the people that are smart enough to figure it out would just rather buy a new one which I think everyone is doing leading me to think that this prob will never be solved cuz people will just buy a replacement instead of fixing it.
Duston Bezzeg
Man i've done every single solution i found on the internet and seems like there is " NO SOLUTION " for this issue ._.
Emad Ahmed that really sucks to hear. Must be some type of un fixable virus. It should just have a reset button on it where u stick a pin in it and that would solve everything lol
I tried this and it didn't work....
Thanks Brian, next one we all face is when I want to remove the USB drive and I want to use the safely remove the device option down near the clock and it says you cant cos its still in use.... funny sometimes, some USB's you can remove no problems and some will remember that is cant be removed safely, I end up turning the PC off to remove it..... every time lol... I started using this option cos I lost programs pulling it out when something was using it.
the same thing ,i dont found that folder `StorageDevicePolicies`........i folowed your steps but i didn`t found him
i dont have this folder
Thanks Brian :-)
Dam windows registry, pain in the bum lol.
Bring back the physical switch on the usb stick itself, much better than windows blocking. :-)
i follow all step and SUCCESS.. but the USB problem is still remain.. The "write Protected" cannot removed. :'(
Yeah, some people will have a switch on the USB Pen Device, but some don't and they can run into this type of error.
Click start
then run regedit
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder
then make some new one. Follow this steps:
step 1:
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
again and right click control folder
step 2:
select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into
StorageDevicePolicies
step 3:
right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value
for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value
for 64-bit Operating System
step 4:
rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect
and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit
step 5:
open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and
properly eject your flash drive
step 6:
plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32
Thank you so much :)
At me it still doesn't work .. I don't know what to do
value data into 0 with hexadecimal base? How do you do that part?
u are Jesus
Works perfect. Thanx!
i don't have storage device policies
hi when try to format it says write protected but when I go to registry option it is all ready showing 0. also tried CMD way
diskpart
list disk
select disk
attributes disk
attributes disk clear readonly
but doesn't work . If any other way please me ...
thankx
Same here
Nice but oddly never come across this issue ever with a USB. Only the file in use annoyance which can be fixed with process monitor where you can search for the handle locking the drive.
What happens of the permissions on the drive are set to "Read Only"?
I tried that but mine was already set to "0" and its still protected
So many things to see in the states.
my value was already zero.. and my usb is still write protected....anyway i love your accent ;)
Your welcome mate, have a good weekend
Thanks for the video. My USB flash drive doesn't have a physical lock. Followed the steps above exactly and this didn't work. Any other suggestions please?
You mean USB Drive? or DVD Rom Drive?
I followed your steps Bretic09, but sad to note that Storage Device Policies is missing. Can you give another alternative for the repair?
Thank you so much man non of the other tutorials worked!
none of my laptops have the Storage policies tab. any help?
what if your computer doesnt have storage device policies on it then what do you do ?
For those people not finding this in the registry,are you signed on as administrator?Might help.
I have a Pen Drive that no matter what I put on the USB Pen, it never stays on there.
thank you so much for posting this!
I had a scan disk thumb drive that went right into write protect
i created new storage policies with d word file....but still not working...
nice one Bri ty for uploading, do you have any "real" tip n tricks on how best to put a movie onto the ipad mini, cheers
When i open write protect the number i set to 0 i tried switching to 1 and turning back to 0 but it doesn't work if you have solution please help
I have followed all the process that you were giving out, but there is no "Storage device policies" after storage there is storage information but not storage device policies, can you help me with this problem? is there no other way to fix my flash drive apart of this way? because there is no storage device policies shows up on my computer
Not work for me, my flashdisk is Sandisk 16GB and still write protected. Can you help me please?
Same here, San Disk as well. Which one is yours? Mine is the Cruzer Facet..
Olga Kechagia
mine is sandisk Cruzer Blade.... i dont know how became like this. i use normally
i all so having the same problem my flash disk sandisk 16gb :( .. if you find some solution let me know please ...thank you :D
I have sandisk 64gb cruzer glide
Aaron Gee I t doesn't work 4 me either :(
I recently bought a 1TB portable hard drive and it is no longer displaying the right amount of capacity. Can you do a tutorial on how to fix this if possible it would be much appreciated. Also I've already tried cmd and device manger. It doesn't not let me format. :(
Cheers Ray, have a great weekend.
yeah I saw that, actually that is great vid as well, and would be great if you take a time to compose them(WPI+Driver Pack Solutions+Win7) into single USB and make it multibootable(create with menu interface)
Your welcome Chris.
hey . thanks for the video tut however i'm not seeing storagedevicepolicies... i'm only seeing storage... can you help...?
Thanks for the fix , on W 10 you will need to go into storage management you may not see Storage Device Properties , then connected subsystems , then CacheEnabled REG_DWORD change the 1 to a 0 .
How can I do this tell me please bro :( I have my computer windows 7
i cant get StorageDevicePolicies
what to next
this option does not work.
i cant find storage device policies in my reg edit.
if have any other ideas for format a write protected usb then pls upload.
Thank you so much for this I kept having issue with my external hard drives from western digital not backing up anymore and diskpart clear attributes would not work. thank you for the video I have since subscribed to your videos
super useful! how about ejecting a drive to keeps saying "its in use" even though nothing seems to be using it?
i try it a lot. but it still not work. do you have another solution?
Thank you my friend. I have been looking for a quick fix. I'm onboard!
Hi sir can you please help me ... Attributes disk clear readonly command run successfully... This error appear after I type "clean" ("DiskPart has encountered an error:The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
See the system event log for more information.") thank you.
Pen drives are cheap and handy to have.
You are a marvel to us Brian, your tech tips are truly on the button but I have to laugh, my wife too is a cockney. One of her "bruvvas" speaks just like you. His fumdrive (also drive hache) is always having write protection problems. Hahaha. All the best mate.
I did a Windows Post Install video you asked for, got to some other parts.
Thanks, helped a lot. Could you make a video on how to make your own Windows sound pack?
Thanks, I almost threw my 8GB flash drive in the trash hahaha, thanks to your video that did not happen, thanks!
Hi, I don´t have the option storage device policys (only device). Any ideas about this? Thanks
My computer's registry editor only has the "storage", but no "storagedevicepolicies". Does anyone know why?? Can we find it somewhere in the system?
same problem here....windows 7?
Same problem I also have! I do not have StorageDevicePolicies folder.
kazmilahore Make it yourself
Gorilla MC how the fk will u make it urself
u3known Click start
then run regedit
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder
then make some new one. Follow this steps:
step 1:
go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
again and right click control folder
step 2:
select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into
StorageDevicePolicies
step 3:
right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value
for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value
for 64-bit Operating System
step 4:
rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect
and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit
step 5:
open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and
properly eject your flash drive
step 6:
plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32
Is this a default setting in some windows installations? Was wondering how it gets set to value 1.
sir, i inserted the value 0 .....still I cannot format my USB.
wow i tried everything man thank you a million!!! When i tried to quickformat it worked. and then i was able to add all my music to it. Lol. thanks again
u have to make StorageDevicePolicies key if u dont have any goto control>New key>StorageDevicePolicies>new Dword
Thank You for that info after i made that String value, i was able to change it to zero then format it, it worked. you get 50% of you Solved it, the rest of the Thank You goes to Britec09 for the video on how to do it when you have that folder
pleasures all mine :) 50%is enough for me :p
Go to 'run' then type 'regedit' and go to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' then go to 'System' then to 'CurrentControlSet' then RIGHT CLICK the 'Control' the click 'New>Key' then type in 'StorageDevicePolicies' then RIGHT CLICK the newlymade Key which is the StorageDevicePolicies and click 'New>DWORD (32-bit) Value, then name the value as 'WriteProtect' and then double click that and change the modify to 1. After, restart your desktop then do the procedure of the video.
I tried formatting my usb after re inserting it to my computer but it still says that its write protected. Is there some type of software I have to download to reboot the usb?
This entry was missing in my WinXP SP3 installation but adding the entry manually made no difference...the USB Flash drive still says it's write protected even though there obviously is no write protect switch on this small device.
tnx sir finally I was able to formal my uncle's external drive with virus
so why i cant found the file StorageDevicePolicies ?
I don't have a storage device policies on my registry editor what can I do?
STILL NOT WORKING YOUR SOLUTION
IT IS SHOWING AGAIN THAT DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED
PLS HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
why i can't find the "StorageDevicePolicies" only "Storage" ?
Created SDP as it was not there. Set the WriteProtect to 0 and saved it. - tried formatting - No go.
Restarted the computer.
Tried formatting again - Still no go.
What's up?
From SanDisk!!
24/8/2013.....
This is a known hardware error and can't be fixed. Sandisk is aware of the issue, although there is no official recall for the product. This is an offical answer if you contact customer service:
"I understand that you are getting write protection error while accessing your Cruzer flash drive. The flash drive has detected a potential fault and has become write protected to prevent data loss. There is no method to fix this.
Have had to add StorageDefaultPolicies and WriteProtect to my registry, set WriteProtect to 0 and it still does not work. System is win10 64 bit
+Cyril Horsey same :/ i just buy a 64 GO 2 days and that's what happens
This only works if the thumb drive became write protected on the pc you're editing the registry for
Do you have another solution if I don't have access to the pc the flash drive became write protected on?
hi . i followed your instruction but still my usb is write protected. i dont know what to do ...
Nice video with easy instructions just that it's not of use at all at least not in most cases. I tried this method but the stick still remained write protected. There are other methods like trying with safe mode which btw I didn' try myself ,I somehow doubt it would be of use as well. Have no idea how but like many others one day my usb stick turned out to be write protected. Don't know what have I done nor when or where which is frustrating. Whatever, some guys here advice us to get a new one but I ask what if we got into the same trouble? To get another one? And then another one....really, usb sticks in general seem like products with serial error.
I followed the tutorial, but had to create the storage decide policy folder and didn't work after I plugged back in my USB drive, could not delete/modity nor format, any other suggestions that I could try, please?
StorageDivicePolicies is the only thing missing from my list. -.-
I've followed your step, but I couldn't find this file "Storage Device Policies".
Changed the WriteProtect value to 0, go to format USB, but get a message saying it can't complete the formatting because the USB is write protected! Even though I changed the value to 0. Help??
Help!!! After "Control" I can't scroll down to "Storage Device Policies" . That file doesn't exist. So where should I go???
Me too :( I can't find the StorageDevicePolicies, why we can't find it? Or we haven't StorageDevicePolicies? Please help us.. Thank You! :(
no storagedevicepolicies folder
Great video. It didn't work for me but your video was very well done and well presented.
same problem
i cant see write protect in my systems storagedevicepolicies
pl. help
It says "Windows was unable to complete the format" what should I do Brian? Help me :(
Why do they have write protect in the first place? Don't understand why this is done.
I have tried everything. I have a SanDisk 16 gb when I go through Command Prompt it shows that it is not read-only and I did the thing in this video. Nothing. Help.
I had 0 there on write protect and still will not let me send files on to the usb, pls advice
Great !!! My USB Write protection issue have been solved. thanks !!
Please help me, l got to the final stage but after double clicking the writeProtect, ' cannot edit writeProtect: Error writing the value's new contents' was displayed.
THANK YOU x 1000! Exactly what I needed. So much nicer than reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows 7! :-)
Cheers Daz
when i right click and press format it says you dont have sufficient rights to perform this operation ?
for all those people who says there is no SDP(StorageDevicePolicies)...
in this video, initially this PENDRIVE was not right protected i mean it was made write protected by creating a new key in that very current control set shown in the video.... and after it was made write protected the video was made after that very setup. so its obvious that nobody will find the SDP since nobody has made the pendrive write protected...
i created the folder exactly as you said but still not working. still says your disk is write protected
this instraction not working.My pendrive is Sandisk.please help me.
Why not use a simpler solution? Just go to "Disk Management" in the Administrative Tools section and format it from there. It worked for me on three separate Flash Drive (one was corrupted) on three different computers. All of them are Windows XP though but I reckoned it should also do the trick for later Windows OS.