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Remove Write Protection on USB Drive & Memory Cards

Many times using your portable devices you get errors like the disk is write protected. So this can happen anytime due to virus attacks or anything can be the cause. So if it has become write protected what to do?, well there are two ways you can try to remove its write protection. Firstly I will recommend checking for any physical lock on that card or USB, because many times company’s provide a lock write attached to the card for making it write protected, so check that up make sure its off and than also if you are not able to copy stuff to your card than follow below methods. Removing Write Protection Using Registry Editor: Well this is most preferred way of removing write protection as it does not include any formatting of disk or memory card. So you just have to manipulate a .reg key and that’s it. 1. Open Registry Editor by navigating to Star Menu > Run ( on windows 7 search for Run in start Menu ) now type “regedit” and you will see your Registry Editor