How do you unlock the usb flash drive?

Answer 1

The problem here is unable to copy files into USB drive such as flash drives, memory card and iPod. When your USB flash drive, or memory card is write-protected, you will receive the following error message:

• Cannot copy files and folders, drive is write protected
• Cannot format the drive, drive is write protected
• The disk is write protected
• Remove write protection or use another disk
• Media is write protected

This may caused by virus or malware script which modified

the registry to make any drive write protect when connected to the computer, You can remove write protection from your usb flash drive or memory card using the below method:

1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter, this will open

the registry editor.

2. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Note: If

the registry key StorageDevicePolicies does not exist, you will need to create it manually.

3. Double click the key WriteProtect in the right window and set the value to 0 in the Value Data Box and press OK button

4. Restart your computer and try copying files into your USB drives.