How to fix Is Write Protected in Memory Card, USB Flashdrive

You have seen the following errors when your thumbs drives, memory card etc becomes write protected.

• Cannot copy files and folders, drive is write protected 

• Cannot format the drive, drive is write protected 

• The disk is write protected 

• Remove write protection or use another disk 

• Media is write protected 

SOLUTION

1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter, this will open the registry editor.

2. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentControlSet>Contro l>StorageDevicePolicies

Note: If the registry key StorageDevicePolicies key does not exist, download the ADD.BAT file below, if it exist proceed to step 3 

3. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right pane and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button

4. Exit Registry, try to plug you FlashDrive/MemoryCards/Ipods then copy/transfer files from PC to it.. thats it! 

but if it doesnt work

restart your computer and then again re-connect your FlashDrive/MemoryCards/Ipods to your PC then copy/transfer files from PC to it..done.