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Author Topic: Drives lock (Floppy, USB Drives, CDROM etc..)  (Read 6,307 times)

psionics

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Drives lock (Floppy, USB Drives, CDROM etc..)
« on: December 28, 2008, 11:57 PM »
is there a program to temporarily lock/unlock storage medias?

something like this: http://www.softbureau.com

but with supports on USB drives

thanks..

PhilB66

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Re: Drives lock (Floppy, USB Drives, CDROM etc..)
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2008, 12:42 AM »

Shades

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Re: Drives lock (Floppy, USB Drives, CDROM etc..)
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2008, 01:19 AM »
Read this article to do it like a pro...

...or use this tool MyUSBonly.

Now I did download a 'free for non-commercial use' version some three months ago, but it is not free anymore.
I can mail you the version (2 Mbyte) I download if you PM me with your mail-address.

Don't know if this version still works or not, but at least you can give it a shot before you buy  :)

EDIT:
I did test it at the time and it works. Had to de-install it though, because a lot of people came by with digital camera's so I needed the ports again. 

EDIT2:
After doing a Google I also find a registry tweak that should do the trick. You will need this tweak to enable writing again.
The easy path is usually downhill...
« Last Edit: December 29, 2008, 03:45 AM by Shades »

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