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Remove write protection from pendrive

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69Rixter

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Hello:

Hoping I am in correct forum to post this question. If not, would a "admin" please move to correct forum.
I have a Lexar 16Gb flashdrive that somehow acquired 'write protection". I did NOT install this "feature"!!! Now, in order to use the remaining 6+ Gb's on the drive I must remove the "write protection". I have read and followed every operation I could find that deals with Win7. So far, everything has failed to accomplish my goal. I can 'read" all the files on the disk, so it is still operable. Could someone suggest a downloadable program, or an 'operation" that would either format over write protection or simply remove this "curse". The drive is too new to just throw out. Someone surely must know how to accomplish removing the write protection!! Please do not suggest anything on Win7 for I've spent countless hours attempting every "fix" I could find and all have failed. Oh, and...there is no physical 'switch" on the drive.
THANK YOU
Rick
P.S. I just tried mUSBfixer and cbl-data-shredder. Both "claimed" they formatted the drive, but did NOT. This tells me the drive cannot be written to and/or not "mounted". Now, maybe I need to know how to mount the drive so that it could be formatted/wiped? H-E-L-P!! Could using a Linux machine be the answer?
 
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Does it have a physical switch on the drive that puts it in write-protected mode?
 
Run Regedit.exe (searching regedit will usually show the program at the top of the list).

Navigate to the following key:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\

CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Double-click on the WriteProtect value in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click OK to save the change. Close Regedit and restart your computer. Connect your pendrive again, and you should find it is no longer write protected.
 
aliona said:
Run Regedit.exe (searching regedit will usually show the program at the top of the list).

Navigate to the following key:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\

CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

Double-click on the WriteProtect value in the right-hand pane of Regedit.exe. Change the Value data from 1 to 0 and click OK to save the change. Close Regedit and restart your computer. Connect your pendrive again, and you should find it is no longer write protected.
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To Skillz:

In the original thread, I distinctly directed that no replies offer any MSWin suggestions. EVERY one that I've tried has failed, and believe me, I've tried everything I could find pertaining to Win7.
Rick
 
Well guess you know everything then. Good luck.
 
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