Hi there see if this helps you Boot your computer into safe mode. To do this, restart your computer. While it is rebooting, continually press the F8 key until a menu pops up. From that menu, select 'Safe Mode.' Open Windows Explorer. To do this, wait for your computer to finish starting in Safe Mode.
From the desktop, press the windows key and 'E' simultaneously. Right-click on the disk you're attempting to format. Select the 'Format' option from the pop-up menu.
Device Media – Disk Is Write Protected USB Problem – Solution November 1, 2010 by Gautam 5 Comments Useful Trick For Disabling Write Access To Removable USB Mass Storage Devices. *HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.2.3 - I get 'Device Media is write-protected'. I am trying to fix a 16 GB PNY.
If the steps above do not work, try editing the registry directly. Select START (bottom left of your screen) and RUN to open the run dialog box. Type 'regedit' (without quotes) into the dialog box that appears, and press enter. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control StorageDevicePolicies.
Change the value for the key 'WriteProtect' to 0 For formatting a USB drive that is write-protected, there is a software tool that can help. If you can't format your write-protected drive with the steps outlined above, try downloading and running the free HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool >>> information here >>.
Are there any way to remove 'Write protection' in my pen without formatting.Unless the pen is physically write protected, the error message could be due to a defective drive or the root of the drive being full. In the latter case, try creating a new folder at the root of the drive and dump all the files into it. Otherwise, reformatting is the only way out. If all the registry tricks dont work, theres a brute force tool available from apacer that many people have found effective. Other things to try would be formatting with a 3rd party tool like the HP format utility or from outside windows. Are there any way to remove 'Write protection' in my pen without formatting.Unless the pen is physically write protected, the error message could be due to a defective drive or the root of the drive being full. In the latter case, try creating a new folder at the root of the drive and dump all the files into it.
Otherwise, reformatting is the only way out. If all the registry tricks dont work, theres a brute force tool available from apacer that many people have found effective. Other things to try would be formatting with a 3rd party tool like the HP format utility or from outside windows.thanks bill good call.
I have to go offline to college lecture for now. Would you mind helping if needed thanks:). Are there any way to remove 'Write protection' in my pen without formatting.Unless the pen is physically write protected, the error message could be due to a defective drive or the root of the drive being full. In the latter case, try creating a new folder at the root of the drive and dump all the files into it. Otherwise, reformatting is the only way out.
If all the registry tricks dont work, theres a brute force tool available from apacer that many people have found effective. Other things to try would be formatting with a 3rd party tool like the HP format utility or from outside windows.When i run this apps it shows 'USB flash drive not found' error. My pen has 42 Trojan horses, I have kaspersky internet security but its can't delete or disinfect that Trojan horses because of pen drive write protected. So please help me.
Similar help and support threads Thread Forum If a usb says don't format me i am write protected then what to do?:eek: Hardware & Devices Already tried DiskPart-> clean and it didn't work. This just happened when i plugged my USB into my 3.0 port and did the automated windows 'scan and fix' option when it popped up, afterwards It errored and i cant access my files anymore, nor format it as it says 'write protected' I also tried. 
Hardware & Devices Hello, I have a USB flash memory that while there isn't any switch on it when formatting it says can't format, it's write-protected! Why it's this way and how to format it please? Hardware & Devices I am having some problems with my flash drive (SANDISK 8GB), i can't format and change any file of my flash drive, every method for flushing my data gave me the same respond, THE DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED, i googled for the same but all was in vain,,, i tried formatting my drive with command.