Re: Read-only USB drive

Subject: Re: Read-only USB drive
From: Jan Axelson <jan -at- lvr -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 08:54:12 -0500


Does anyone have an elegant solution for a read-only USB drive that
protects the files on it against *accidental* deletion or replacement?
I'm not talking about hacker-proof, just making it difficult for Those
Who Don't Follow Instructions.

Not elegant perhaps but some drives have write-protect switches:

http://www.fencepost.net/2010/03/usb-flash-drives-with-hardware-write-protection/

Jan

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References:
Read-only USB drive: From: Dan Goldstein

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