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How to remove write protection from USB or SD card?

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<b>What is “write protection”?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Write protection is a security measure to avoid making changes in your removable devices like USB,SD card etc. Write protection itself defines that you can’t add files to your device or remove any of them. A write protected USB etc can only allow you to copy data from write-protected device to another but it does not permit you to delete data, paste data in it and also to rename or format the device. This method gives you more security for your files in a device, but it will only allow to copy data from it, not more than that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Why Write protection?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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People apply this method to their desired devices to secure their data from accidental loss like cut, delete, format etc. It is very helpful method as it lock files on the device, that can only be seen and copied, but will not allow any further modifications.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How to know write protection is present?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Presence of write protection on a device can be found by many methods such as by command prompt or formatting a device (USB etc), to know whether it is present on the device or not. Try the following steps<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Try formatting the device or rename it , if it does not allows format and rename, then there may have been a write protection on the device.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A Terminal (Command Prompt) will open, type in there </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">diskpart </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">press enter</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">and then </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">list disk</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> (if it does not work try opening cmd in “</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Run as administrator</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">” mode, which will give you full access to your work through cmd)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">It will show you all connected devices to your computer, the first one is normally your hard disk and the second one is your USB etc (one or many of them with their sizes)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Select your desired device like I have selected </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">disk 1</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">, which is my USB device, by typing in there </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">select disk 1</b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Now type </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">attributes disk </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">or </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">detail disk </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">, it will show you if there the files are readonly(write protected) </span></li>
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<b>How to remove write protection?<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Well! there are many methods to remove write protection. Here are 100% working methods to remove write protection.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>First Method: </b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">First remove device from computer/laptop etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Find a </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">switch</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(button type) on your USB device or the chip in which an SD card is inserted.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Move the switch to its other side and check if write protection is gone, this switch comes in present day devices to make it handy to secure your data on your device. The switch is capable of enabling or disabling write protection on you device.</span></li>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A new windows appears, Go To:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">  </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies</span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">If you can’t locate </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">StorageDevicePolicies </span></b><span style="color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;">, then you have to create this folder</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;">Right click on <b>Control</b> and click on new key . Name this <b>StorageDevicePolicies</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;">Right click on the newly created folder i.e <b>StorageDevicePolicies </b> and right click <b>New</b>&gt;<b>DWORD value</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;">Name it <b>WriteProtect</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Double click on </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WriteProtect </span></b><span style="color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and change the value to <b>0 </b>and click <b>OK</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Now close the registry editor and insert your memory stick again, write protectrion will be gone</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A Terminal (Command Prompt) will open, type in there </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">diskpart </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">press enter</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">and then </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">list disk</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">  </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(if it does not work try opening cmd in “</span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Run as administrator</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">” mode, which will give you full access to your work through cmd)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">It will show you all connected devices to your computer, the first one is normally your hard disk and the second one is your USB etc (one or many of them with there sizes)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">  </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Select your desired device like I have selected disk 1, which is my USB device, by typing in there </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">select disk 1</b></li>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Now you can format, rename, cut/delete a file in your USB device.</span></li>
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If these methods do not work, there is a possibility that your memory stick is just corrupted i.e its ROM files from its company are gone and which are may be likely impossible to restore, this way you have to recycle you memory stick and purchase a new one.</div>
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How to remove write protection from USB or SD card?

What is “write protection”? Write protection is a security measure to avoid making changes in your removable devices like USB,SD card...

How to enable or disable USB drives or ports

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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">You may have seen many computer systems with blocked USB/pen drive access like in your work place or school or college etc…Whenever you try to connect a USB drive, you are not allowed, because the Administrator has blocked anyone’s access to the computer system. The reason behind this is that no one should be able to steal your data by connecting an unauthorized USB device. Here are the ways which are used to enable or disable USB drives on a computer system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui light" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Restrict access to USB/Pen drives</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">There are 5 ways to do this, which are<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">1. Disabling USB ports from Device Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">2. Changing values for USB Mass Storage Devices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">3. Uninstalling USB Mass Storage Drivers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">4. Using Third-Party Free Application<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">5. Using “Microsoft Fix It”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">   </span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">Enabling/Disabling USB ports from Device Manager<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">The handy way to enable or disable USB drives is by Device Manager. Go to Device manager by right clicking on My Computer/My PC icon, go to properties and then device manager. USB devices can be enabled or disabled by right clicking them and make them Enable/Disable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 18.5467px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">    </span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">Enabling/Disabling USB/Mass Storage Devices using Registry</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">            2.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;"> Now go to the following registry key<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR</span></b><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">In the right panel sseloect the key <b>Start ,</b> if the value is <b>3</b> , means USB drives access is enabled, You want to disable it then type here <b>4</b> and press OK, this will disable USB Drives on the system. To re-enable it type again <b>3</b> here and press OK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">Close Registry Editor and see its working. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">       3.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">Uninstalling USB Mass Storage Drivers<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">If you are really worried about security then extreme step is to </span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif";">Uninstall USB Mass Storage Drivers. To make Storage devices work again you can install the drivers again when needed, by inserting a USB drive into the system, it will search for the drivers if not found, give you a prompt to install them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">       4.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">Using Third-Party Free Application<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">Download this software </span><a href="http://www.intelliadmin.com/DisableUSB_Free.exe" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #215ac3; font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 14.98px;">USB Drive Disabler / Enabler</span></a><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; text-align: start;"> which will help you enable/disable USB devices in a handy way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If a USB storage device is already installed on your Windows computer, you can edit the Windows Registry to ensure that the USB does will not work when anyone connects it to the PC, using this </span><a href="http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9648691"><span style="color: #215ac3; font-family: "segoe ui" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Microsoft Fix it 50061</span></a><span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">. Check first if it applies to your version of the Windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Using these handy methods can also make intruders unable to connect a flash drive/removable media to your system and hence very useful for ensuring security against outside threats.</span></div>
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