Easy way to Write Protect a USB Drive

All you have the question that how to write protect a USB drive so anybody can't copy/paste data on your USB/PAN Drive, 

This is possible with the given Batch Script Code -

:main

@echo off

cls

echo. & echo. & echo.

echo USB Write Protect program

echo ________________________________

echo. & echo.

echo 1. Lock the USB Drive

echo 2. UnLock the USB Drive

echo 3. Exit

echo.

set/p “ch= [>] Enter: “

if %ch%==1 goto lock

if %ch%==2 goto unlock

if %ch%==3 goto exit

goto main

:lock

cls

echo. & echo. & echo.

echo [+] Attention:

echo.

echo Make sure that there is no USB Drives inserted.

echo.

echo ————————————————

pause

reg add HKLMsystemcurrentcontrolsetcontrolStorageDevicePolicies /t reg_dword /v writeprotect /d 1 /f

pause > nul

goto main

:unlock

cls

echo. & echo. & echo.

echo. & echo. & echo.

echo [+] Attention:

echo.

echo This operation doesn’t require to Unplug the USB Flash Frive

echo so Continue without FEAR.

echo.

echo —————————————————

pause

reg add HKLMsystemcurrentcontrolsetcontrolStorageDevicePolicies /t reg_dword /v writeprotect /d 0 /f

pause > nul

goto main

You just copy above code into a Notepad file and save that file with .bat extension mean if you are creating a file with the name USB-PROTECT then put the USB-ROTECT.bat as a file name while saving it..

If you are not able to protect your USB Drive with the help of script file then just try it by following few simple steps because Protecting an USB drive depends on Registry and you can do it manually.

Simple Steps that you have to follow :- 

1- Start > Run > type "regedit" to open regisry editor

2- Navigate to this: HKey_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControl

3- Create a new key with the name "StorageDevicePolicies"

4- On the right side, Create a new "DWORD Value" with the name "WriteProtect" and give it "1" as Data

5- Then put the USB Flash Drive.

6- Try to delete a file OR Copy something to it, You will not be able to do that in your system.

7- To disable this feature, just change the value from 1 To 0