How To Use pen Drive Even If It is Locked in Colleges, Offices Etc.

. By Disabling USB Ports from Device Manager
i) Go to Start > Run, in run prompt type “devmgmt.msc” and press enter.

ii) Go to Universal Serial bus Controller. See if there are any red colored cross? If yes, right click and enable those USB Ports.


Now try and use the pen drive.

2. Correct Registry Value for USB Mass Storage device

i) Go to Start > Run , type “regedit” and press enter.

ii) Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR

iii) Double-click on the “Start” key to modify its value, change the value to 3 and press OK.
Now remove and connect the pen drive again, it should work fine, else its driver are missing