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Back in the 90s I fantasized about a hard drive bay with a physical write-protect switch on the cover plate.
by Terr_ 7mo ago
Back in the 90s I fantasized about a hard drive bay with a physical write-protect switch on the cover plate.
- kqgnkqgn 7mo agoIn the mid-2000's I briefly worked for a company that did this at a firmware level ("write-blocked firmware") for USB drive adapters (IDE / SATA / whatever IDE variant laptops were using / etc). This was apparently very valuable for police and investigative services, so they could collect evidence, while being able to show that they did not tamper with the original drive.
- kjs3 7mo agoTenable makes some "read only" adapters for hard disks (SATA, PATA, SCSI & FW at least). They're usually sold as part of a forensic analysis kit. I have a couple and they definitely work. I believe there are a couple of other vendors (Wiebetech?) make similar devices. The alternative (tho not practical in many cases) would be RO media like RW-DVD.
- DarkUranium 7mo agoYou mean DVD-R? DVD-RW is rewritable, which means it's not really RO. The semi-obscure DVD-RAM takes this a step further by making it work a lot like a hard/flash drive (at the user level, not technical).
- kjs3 7mo agoI think it's clear what I meant, even with a typo.