how to remove write protect from WD passport
2. Click “Start” on the taskbar to open “Run” and type in “regedit”.
3. Go to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” to expand “System”.
4. Find “CurrentControlSet” in “System” list to click “Control”.
5. Check whether there is a key named “StorageDevicePolicies”. If not, right click on "Control" and select New --> Key and name it "StorageDevicePolicies".
6. Right-click this new key to highlight “DWORD Value” and name it as “WriteProtect”. Double click this “WriteProtect” DWORD entry and change the "Value Data" number to 0.
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