Windows 10: How to remove write protect from external hard drive

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    How to remove write protect from external hard drive


    I have several external hard drives that have suddenly become write protected.I have attempted to remove the write protection through formatting the disk which could not be done brcause of the write protection. I attempted to remove the write protection using the Diskpart Command Prompt option to no avail. In registry I added a new DWORD, WriteProtect to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies, settimng its value to "0" which did not work. I am running Wimndows 10 64 bit Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.4529

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