How to fix The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk

[GobiChopra]

Didnt work

[ArabBilli]

Thank you !

working well :D

[fishpineapple]

I don't see "run" under "start"!

[ArabBilli]

@fishpineapple Press Windows logo on keyboard + R

[3XT4SY6]

@fishpineapple lol -.-'' then write in search box "RUN"

[meezanshk]

its to good bro thnx for helping ur video s very helpful to me i m going to throw my pen drive cause of this problem but my pen drive working again thnx bro

[TheNuni89]

I have the StorageDevicePolicies but i dont have the file "writeProtect

plz Help

[danny3403]

/watch?v=pVXQ0I2HDJ0&lr help me

[cosmonauta2001]

I found it on internet and it has worked for me:

It is not pretty but it works.

1) In My Computer, right click on the drive letter of your SD card and

2) Eject it.

3) Then pull the card out and stick it back in.

4) Try to write to the card. If it works, GREAT! Proceed with your copying.

5) If it DIDN'T work, repeat steps 1 through 4.

I have found that I sometimes have to try the process SEVERAL (6-8) times before I can write to the card.

[AineLuvsSakuya123]

i created the SDP but it didnt work what should i do

[alexandroazpeitia]

where i can create the folder?

[liverpoolz1000]

im using win7



[Maryan1094]

Thank you very much !!! Worked on me !

[likekinds]

This doesn't work for me. I checked Write Protect and it's already set to 0. Any more suggestions. This was a perfectly good DVD-RW. All I did was reformat it and now it's Write Protected. How did that happen?

[khavyAnything]

@likekinds If you don't have the option "StorageDevicePolicy", You have to create it.

cd\

reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet­­­\Control\StorageDevicePolici­e­s­" /t Reg_dword /v WriteProtect /f /d 1

Copy the above code to a text file and save it with .bat extension and then run it. It will create "StorageDevicePolicy". Then, you can continue with above process

[likekinds]

@khavyAnything

????????

I do have StorageDevicePolicies! That's where the WriteProtect is that is already set to 0. Don't know how to make that any clearer.

[Madcatization]

LOL, i did those steps over and over again. And my SanDisk Cruzer refuses to let go of "write-protection"... retarded flash drive. I'm about to destroy it.

[likekinds]

@Madcatization

After a bout with a bad virus, I couldn't format anything. I found a software called ' HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool'. Using it, I was able to format my write protected flash drives. Hope this helps.

[solomag]

ok entiendo lo que dices, pero cuando expliques algo empieza bien explicando todo, porque no dijistes al principio que hay que crear el archivo, solo dices busquen, cuando no existe el archivo. por eso la gente te trata mal por no explicar muy bien desde un principio..

[Fangblader7]

wheres STORAGE DEVICE POLICES

[khavyAnything]

@Fangblader7 If you don't have the option "StorageDevicePolicy", You have to create it.

cd\

reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet­­\Control\StorageDevicePolicie­s­" /t Reg_dword /v WriteProtect /f /d 1

Copy the above code to a text file and save it with .bat extension and then run it. It will create "StorageDevicePolicy". Then, you can continue with above process

[yogibharduwaj]

Fuck him hardly don't have the STORAGE DEVICE POLICES

[yogibharduwaj]

Fuck him hardly dosent have the STORAGE DEVICE POLICES

[Bravoamigo]

I created the StorageDevicePolicies with write protection but it did not function for deleting my USB files. Any help or advice?

[shrikanthmannari]

Cant Find Storage Device Polices i use win 7

[khavyAnything]

THanks, ຂອບໃຈຫຼາຍເດີ ຊາວໂລກ

[krejzipipl]

@deltaA320 Thanks, man..i feel so stupid now... But, It´s fixed!!! :))))

[YopsofAyalpa]

Thanks it works.....

[deltaA320]

hahaha i found the answer! on your sd card/memory card there should be a small little switch on the left or irght side switch it the opposite way you have it when you put it in and you have it fixed :D lol i might of accidenlty put it that way when i was pushing it in and out xD

[kemeral]

Doesn't work

[tohoangphucdn]

i dont find sdp

[thoratshekhar]

good job, it helped me

[rwdh199]

I FIXED IT!! PEOPLE... people... people... Look on your flash drive / memory stick / thumb drive... whatever it is you have and check to see if there is a SWITCH!! seriously... i little switch that can be pushed forward, or backward... I think you accidentally pushed that switch and inadvertently write-protected your drive. That's what happened to me. I was brought here and this whole "Storage Device Policies" crap is just that...c r a p. I noticed the switch on mine by mistake and it worked

[kennethsTutorials]

@rwdh199 This helped me, if your using a microsd Adapter theres a little grey switch you need to turn down or it says locked, pretty smart idea to stop people from formatting your cards.

[TheTeezy19]

@kennethsTutorials dude thanks a shit ton that really helped

[ionutshowcase]

Hello,I done everythink that you done there,but it does not work,my disk is unstill write protected...I've got an pro duo (sony) memory card

[kballdy]

i dont have storage device policies either

[deltaA320]

Where is storage device polocies i dont have that.

[cooperdude2009]

@deltaA320 Create one

[MegaAhmed2001]

i dont have StorageDevicePolicies

[PekyuuuMark]

it doesnt work. -.-

[khavyAnything]

@PekyuuuMark If you don't have the option "StorageDevicePolicy", You have to create it.

cd\

reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet­­\Control\StorageDevicePolicie­s­" /t Reg_dword /v WriteProtect /f /d 1

Copy the above code to a text file and save it with .bat extension and then run it. It will create "StorageDevicePolicy". Then, you can continue with above process

[sami4897]

@khavyAnything there is no StorageDevicePolicie­s­" in thi list

[txengCai]

i can't copy a file from other disk and there's no storagepolicies :( is there any way to fix it? please help

[kushal172]

I got solution. If you don't have the option "StorageDevicePolicy", You have to create it.

cd\

reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet­\Control\StorageDevicePolicies­" /t Reg_dword /v WriteProtect /f /d 1

Copy the above code to a text file and save it with .bat extension and then run it. It will create "StorageDevicePolicy". Then, you can continue with above process

[txengCai]

@kushal172 access denied :(

[PinkPixelz]

dont have storage device polices

[MrHanezz]

If you don't have the folder "StorageDevicePolicies" you'll simply need to create one and then continue from there.

[33suekru33]

@MrHanezz HOW?!?! you cant make a new folder or anything so how do we "make" a StorageDevicePolicies folder?

[Demos26able]

hey guys!! click hexadecimal!!!

[txengCai]

@Demos26able where is it located?

[JhanForest]

all the SD cards have a switch to write protect, look it up maybe yours is slid down...

[alexzzzzzzzz1231234]

Thank you soooooo much it totally worked

[GxMLsniping]

I DONT HAVE STORAGE DEVICE POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEEEELLLLLPPPPPP

[dubey666manu]

i have they same stuff like in this video but i does not work. dislike!

[musta931]

1000xxxxxxxxxxxx 4 da help ma nigga :D

[TheAleksa27]

i dont have storagedevicepolices!!!

[MrLolzepic]

guys calm down you have to make it on some cpu and srry i dont have the link but if u made it theres a file u run to get the write protect

[someappleguy]

DUDE DONT BE A PUSSY ! REPLY ! NO ONE FUCKING HAS STORAGE DEVICE POLICIES!!!!

[thespianmonkey]

it doesnt work:(

[khavyAnything]

@thespianmonkey why

[cheasbaol5]

@khavyAnything i dont have storage device policies help plzzzz :(

[kiff214]

@khavyAnything i dont have storage device policies ...why??plzzzzzzzzzzz..help...­.

[luckymarc32]

ummmmm.......i coudnt find the "storagedevicepolicies" but i created one and i followed your instruction but it didnt work!......what kind of people created the write protection on computers.... :(

[floss155]

idiot



[csrea14]

it wont work im on windows 7???

[panteristikabudalo]

1.Run Registry Editor (regedit).

2.Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Curr­entControlSet\Control

3.Create a New Key named as StorageDevicePolicies.

4.Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect.

5.Double click on WriteProtect, and set its value data to 1.

[k3r0r019]

@panteristikabudalo thanks it works! 

[ODC1422]

@panteristikabudalo didnt work



[vengr1]

@panteristikabudalo i did do what you said to do but it still doesent let me transfer files i am useing a micro SD card and a adapter for it so my computer can read it but it still not work can you help me out plzzz

[KRIZZIAkyoko]

thanks much!

[fshafiq1]

How to get this folder "StorageDevicePolicies"???

[evanmargenthaler]

Couldnt find it. Thanks

[gladiator5677]

thank u so much...

[vullnetigtamods]

StorageDevicePolicies not excist

[Gram905]

i made storage device policies and made the Dword file named it Writeprotect and valued it at 0, this didnt work. then i tried the same thing with Qword, also didnt work. i have tried online recovery sites that just dont find my USB. and my comp wont allow a format through this write protect. Can anyone help this happened after a windows 7 update (Microsoft pisses me off, always fix something and break something els in the meanwhile)

[gghh678]

i love you...ive been reading this thing from whoever shit who made it..but here it is in youtube that i could actually see that steps....youve helped to solved my probss....from phillipines...

[CyBeR368]

Fuck you! i don't have STORAGE DEVICE POLICIES!

[NicoDaBigBoiStuff]

FML SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME Y I CANT FIND STORAGE DEVICE POLICIES I FOLLOWED ALL HIS STEPS

[TheLegend2224]

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[TheOzu77]

thank you so mutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheNikkster980]

@khavyAnything How do I get the Storage Device Policies file in the registry editor?

[JeffHardy9x]

i dont hav storageDevicePolicies

[TheLegend2224]

@JeffHardy9x go to control and find system information,find the blue icon then modify it.

[123momay]

i cant see the storage device policies.. >,<

[1899gunner]

me neither wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thessa0809]

thank you ...

it really works..

two thumbs Up !

keep up the good work dude

[dalmatinci2007]

StorageDevicePolicies  i dont have the file plz help

[congratulationisha]

Dw I fixed it :D

[congratulationisha]

Hi thankyou for the video but this didn't work for me.. I am trying to fix this on a external hardrive and ive tried quite a few solutions offered on the Internet just wondering would you have any idea how to fix it? Do external hardrives need a different method to fix?

[asifkhan538]

thank u so much........

[ashuskatespall]

dont hav storage device policies

[monstercification]

@ashuskatespall i dont have storagedevicepolicies either i have a windows xp home edition

[TheLegend2224]

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[bom884]

@ashuskatespall u can create it..

[SweetSinFZ]

Worked. thanks

[itzRobZi]

same

vv

[GMCrelan]

don have this folder to ;(

[xjirvejm]

dont have this folder :(