How To Remove Write Protection On USB/SD/Internal And External Hard Drives - Windows 10/8/7 - [This Device Is Write Protected]

Are you having troubles while trying to copy data from your PC to External Device like USB?

Error " This device is Write Protected " is causing randomly on most of the pen drives. When you try to copy files or when you try to format your USB this message will appear.
There are 3 Ways to fix this error. I will show you today how to fix " This Device Is Write Protected " Error without losing any data.

Try each one of methods till you find your solution.

Method 1 : Unlock Or Remove Write Protection On USB/SD With Physical Switch

On most of the pen drives manufacturers use a physical switch to write protect the data. Once you switch ON you cannot access the content on that drive.

Simply move the switch to unlock the Write Protect

Method 2 : Using Command Prompt - Diskpart To Remove the Write Protection From Internal Or External Hard Drives

This way you can remove the Restriction to both internal drives and USB/SD. You will not lose any data.

1. Open Command Prompt - Press " Win + R " and type cmd

2. Type " diskpart " in the command prompt and press Enter and it will open a new cmd window called diskpart

3. From there type " list disk " and ENTER. You will see list of all the Hard Drives available in your PC. 

4. Make sure the drive you want to edit and select the relevant Disk,

Type " select disk 2 "  and press ENTER

5. Then Type attributes disk clear readonly to remove the write protection on that storage device. And it should be removed.

Method 3 : Use Registry To Remove The Write Protection From All The Devices

1. Connect the write protected Device to the pc

2. Open RUN Type - " WIN + R " and type regedit and ENTER to open registry window.

3. From there Drop Down to : computer> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Storage

4. And double click the REG_DWORD file and set the value to 0

5. Click OK and RESTART the pc for changes to take effect