

In this case, it was a Dell-branded software called Dell Data Protection. If you have any 3rd party software that has anything to do with encryption, data, or hardware scanning, see if removing or tweaking it will solve this issue. USB Flash Driver Format Tool (Ufix-II) from PNYĬhecked ESET Anti-Virus to see if Device Control was enabled. Restart your computer and try copying files into your USB drives.įormatting the flash-drive to exFat or using 3rd party USB flashing tools.Double click the key WriteProtect in the right window and set the value to 0 in the Value.Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies.Editing registry values for storagedevicepolices:.SOLUTION: Removing Dell Data Protection, along with the other pre-requisit programs will solve this issue. Connecting the device to another computer will allow it to write properly.ĬAUSE: If you have Dell Data Protection software installed, this will cause this error to show up. Error shows "Needs permission to make changes" even if you are a local admin user. Attempting to plug in a USB flash drive / External hard-drive into a Dell computer (this one was a Dell Latitude E6440) will show up in My Computer, but you cannot write to the drive.
