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How can I remove write protection from my SanDisk pen drive?

By Angel Hume

How can I remove write protection from my SanDisk pen drive?

How do you remove write protection on a USB stick? If you are using a SanDisk USB stick that has a lock switch, make sure the Lock switch on the left side is slid up (unlock position). Otherwise, you will NOT be able to modify or delete the contents on the memory card if it is locked.

How can I remove write protection from my HP 8gb pen drive?

To remove the write protection, simply open your Start menu, and click on Run. Type in regedit and press Enter. This will open the registry editor. To finish, simply restart your system, and then reconnect your USB pen drive to the computer.

How can I remove write protected from my pendrive?

Go to My Computer/This PC and under Devices with Removable Storage, look for your pen drive device. Right-click on it and click Properties. Click Edit, in the pop-up box, sometimes there’s an option to Remove write-protection. Change the status of this option and try again.

How do I turn off write protection on Windows 8?

Steps to be followed:

  1. Press Windows + R to open the Run Window an then type regedit and press Enter to open the. Registry Editor.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrrentControlSet -> Control. Search for StorageDevicePolicies.
  3. Change the value of the key WriteProtect to 0.

How to remove write protection on micro SD card SanDisk?

Plug in your SD card to the PC.

  • Click on Start&write ‘regedit,’ click enter to open the application.
  • On the left side tab,write in ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\StorageDevicePolicies’.
  • Click on ‘DWORD 32-bit’ if your window is a 32bit,or else you can click on ‘DWORD 64-bit’.
  • Choose ‘OK’ to save the changes.

    • How to make something not write protected?

    Option One: Enable or Disable Write Protection for USB Drive or Memory Card with Physical Switch

  • Option Two: Enable or Disable Write Access for All Removable Disks in Group Policy
  • Option Three: Enable or Disable Write Protection for Disk using Diskpart Command
  • Option Four: Enable or Disable Write Protection for USB Drives using a REG file

    • How do you remove write protect from a flash drive?

    Insert the USB drive into a USB port on your computer.

  • Press Windows key+X .
  • Select Run .
  • Enter diskpart and then select OK .
  • Next to DISKPART>,enter list disk and press Enter .
  • In the list of mounted disks,find your USB drive and note the disk number.
  • Enter the command select disk disk_number and then press Enter.

    • What is SanDisk secure access and how to use it?

    Click Tools > Restore Data.

  • Choose the location to be restored from the backup file using drop-down menu and click Next.
  • Select the backup to be restored and click Next.
  • Enter the Vault Password used when the backup was created.
  • Click on Restore for the restore operation to start.
  • Wait until the restore operation is finished and then click Close.