Windows 10: Unable to access a hard drive that is Write Protected - Please help

Discus and support Unable to access a hard drive that is Write Protected - Please help in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Last night there was a power outage at my house and my computer shut itself off while i was using it. When the power came back on I was unable to boot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Robin Lee3, Mar 23, 2025.

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    Last night there was a power outage at my house and my computer shut itself off while i was using it. When the power came back on I was unable to boot my computer as it kept giving me an endless loop of blue screens, it said WINDOWS STOP CODE : REGISTRY ERROR. I was unable to fix this issue, so i decided to reinstall windows and try to do a custom install so i could keep the old files. The drive that has windows on it that has the registry error currently only has 45.9GB on it out of 464GB, so when i try to reinstall windows on here it says that the drive needs at least 50GB so i cannot do a c

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