Saturday, May 17, 2014

Write Protection off

Have a look at the SD card's exterior; is there a small switch on one side? Changing the positioning should turn write protection off and let you change the contents.

If not, then try the following:
  • Insert the memory stick into the computer
  • Go to My Computer and under Devices with Removable Storage look for your card reader
  • Right-click on it and click Properties
  • In the pop-up box, sometimes there's an option to Remove write-protection. Change the status of this option and try again.
Still not working??
  • Remove your memory stick from the drive
  • Click Start > Run...
  • In the box type regedit and press OK
  • A new window will appear. Go to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
  • If you can't locate StorageDevicePolicies then you will need to create this folder
    • Right-click on Control and click on New > Key. Name this StorageDevicePolicies
    • Right-click on the new folder you created called StorageDevicePolicies and click New >DWORD Value.
    • Name this WriteProtect
  • Double-click on Write Protect and change the Value Data to 0 and then click OK
  • Close the Registry Editor and insert the memory stick into your computer

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