usb write protect

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my usb drive is write protect and it doesn't have the little switch could
someone please help me it happend before and i hade to format but it won't
format anymore
 
Found something may be useful for you:
Click start - run - type regedit press enter
Go to the following:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDe
vicePolicies
*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text
above, there shouldn't be, OK*
- Double click on the string ‘WriteProtect’ and change the ‘Value Data’ box
to ‘0’
- Then: File > Export > save somewhere useful as something like
‘StorageDevicePolicies001.reg’
- You also need to do this for the strings in any folders called
‘ControlSet***’ (* = any Digit, i.e. 001, 002) – for example: Everything is
the same, just change ‘CurrentControlSet’ to ‘ControlSet***’
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\StorageDevice
Policies
*There seems to be some spaces here in 'StorageDevicePolicies' in the text
above, there shouldn't be, OK*
- Save these to the same place as before as ‘StorageDevicePolicies00*’

If not works:
click start - run - type "chkdsk l:\ /f" without quotes (l is your usb drive)
Still not works? Maybe a format to your usb drive will work.
 
Burak Sonmez said:
Found something may be useful for you:
Click start - run - type regedit press enter
Go to the following:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDe
vicePolicies
Click to expand...

This is the correct (tested, working) info:
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-28.html

In many other places (including the original MS KB 555443) the info is wrong,
and below is the bad info too (pardon me)

Regards,
--PA
 
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