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<blockquote data-quote="Tabeer" data-source="post: 580953" data-attributes="member: 46151"><p>Hope this will help you... </p><p>for windows only </p><p></p><p>Click start </p><p>then run regedit </p><p>go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ </p><p>if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder </p><p>then make some new one. Follow this steps: </p><p></p><p>step 1: </p><p>go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ </p><p>again and right click control folder </p><p></p><p>step 2: </p><p>select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into </p><p>StorageDevicePolicies </p><p></p><p>step 3: </p><p>right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value</p><p> for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value </p><p>for 64-bit Operating System </p><p></p><p>step 4: </p><p>rename word newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect</p><p>and change the value data into 0 with the hexadecimal base, Then close Regedit</p><p></p><p>step 5: </p><p>open my computer and refresh it 5 times without doing anything to your usb, and </p><p>properly eject your flash drive </p><p></p><p>step 6: </p><p>plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exFAT instead of fat32 </p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, you can use your flash drive again....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tabeer, post: 580953, member: 46151"] Hope this will help you... for windows only Click start then run regedit go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder then make some new one. Follow this steps: step 1: go to this directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\ again and right click control folder step 2: select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into StorageDevicePolicies step 3: right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value for 64-bit Operating System step 4: rename word newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect and change the value data into 0 with the hexadecimal base, Then close Regedit step 5: open my computer and refresh it 5 times without doing anything to your usb, and properly eject your flash drive step 6: plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exFAT instead of fat32 Now, you can use your flash drive again.... [/QUOTE]
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