How to Remove Write Protection from a USB Drive

The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk.

Obviously, the Try again button shown in above error box does nothing significant to fix the hitch. Due to this, you might feel that the disk is not usable and you should throw it to dustbin. But wait! If you’re really going to do so, why not try something to make this disk again this writable. Here are the two fixes you can try to make your USB drive working again:

The Disk Is Write-Protected

FIX 1

1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type put regedit in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.

2. In the left pane, navigate here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

1. { If there is no key called StorageDevicePolicies, create it. You do this by right-clicking theHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control key, and selecting New > Keyfrom the menu.
2. Select the StorageDevicePolicies key
3. From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD Value
4. Name the new value WriteProtect
5. Right-click the WriteProtect value and choose Modify
6. In the Value Data: box enter 1
7. Exit the registry editor, and restart your computer

To reverse, just delete the new WriteProtect value (or set the value to 0) and restart the computer. }

In the left pane of this location, right click Control key and select New -> Key. Name the new sub-key so created asStorageDevicePolicies. Now come to the right pane of this sub-key i.e. StorageDevicePolicies, right click and select New-> DWORD Value. Name the newly created DWORD as WriteProtect. In some cases, you might find that this DWORDunder the sub-key already exists and the DWORD has a Value set to 1. Double click on the DWORD to modify its Value data:

4. In the above shown box, change the Value data to 0 from 1. Click OK. 

How to fix crash dump physical memory error?

The ‘Blue Screen Error’ is often referred as BSOD i.e. ‘Blue Screen of Death error’.

Why does Blue Screen Error appear in the Display? – Reasons:

Although, there is not such specific cause/reason related to Blue Screen error. There could be many things that can cause this problem. The cause can be a software problem or a hardware problem. Hence, I have listed some of the causes/problems below :-

Software Problems/Causes:

• It has been seen that many of the users complain about this problem when they switch from one Windows to another.
• If a culprit program, driver or software that has been recently installed in your system. It can also cause Blue screen error.
• It may be caused due to a corrupted or invalid registry.
• Viruses also cause Blue Screen Memory Dump error.
• Blue screen error is mostly seen in Windows 7.

Hardware Problems/Causes:

• A newly installed hardware can cause Blue screen error.
• It could be due to a defective hardware attached to your PC.
• A damaged hard drive could also cause Blue Screen Memory Dump error.
• Most often, a defective RAM causes Blue Screen Memory Dump error.
• Overheating, CMOS and memory module also causes Blue screen error.

STEPS TO RESOLVE l :

 – Run your PC in SAFE MODE:

At first, check whether the error is due to software problem or hardware problem. This can be done by running your system in SAFE MODE. If your system works fine in Safe mode without crashing then the error is software related. To fix the software related problem, follow step 1, 2, 3 and 4 ….. If it crashes during Safe mode then the problem is hardware related. To fix Hardware related problem, follow step 5, 6,7,8…. or consult a well qualified hardware technician.

1. Repair/Clean Registry:

The BSOD error often occur due to corrupt or invalid registries. If you have a brief knowledge about registry then edit it by yourself or else prefer a third party software. Don’t risk for the editing or else it could damage your whole Windows. Try a program called CCleaner to clean the registry. Download it from here.

2. Scan for Virus:

Most often, Blue screen memory dump error is also caused by Virus. So, install a good antivirus and scan your whole system.

3. Use Hotfix for Windows 7 users:

If you are a Windows 7 user and you are suffering from Blue screen error then you can follow this step. Windows 7 has provided an official update called Hotfix to fix this error. To download the update, click on the below link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979444

4. Format your System:

If the problem is software based and above two steps did not help. The, try installing a fresh copy of Windows. Prefer Windows XP. Do not opt for Windows 7. Windows 7 is most vulnerable to Blue screen memory dump error.

5. Check the recently installed hardware and device driver:

Try updating the latest hardware drivers or re-install it. Check for the compatibility of hardware with your system. Prefer using a third party software to find the compatibility of hardware.

6. Check for a faulty RAM or ports:

Almost at 90% cases. the blue screen error arise due to RAM problem. Try to change the RAM and see if it works. Always use right pair of RAM on your motherboard. Also, sometime the RAM port also becomes faulty and causes this error.

BOOST YOUR RAM MEMORY BY USING USB PENDRIVE AS RAM.

7. Rectify a damaged Hardware:

Sometimes, Blue screen memory dump error arises due to faulty Hard disk. It happens when the system cannot read memory from Hard disk. Also try to check out the SCSI (Small computer System Interface) terminator.

8. Check CMOS and memory modules:

If the error message on the BSOD reads “UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP”, then it signifies that there is a problem in the memory of your computer. Check the CMOS (Complimentary Metal oxide Semiconductor) and SIIMS (Single Inline Memory Modules) in your CPU. It is often caused due to overheating or faulty power supply.

That’s all. Try using this tips to fix Blue Screen Memory Dump error in your Windows PC and share your experiences below via comments. 

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