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USB flash drive with write protect switch
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waynehooper
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As far as I am concerned, the hardware switch is the safest way to go. I am not prepared to compromise my clients data in any way (especially financial data), and though the permissions method may work, there is always the what if.....
D4N
Expert Member
Nope
RoganDawes
Expert Member
Get a USB write blocker 
Not exactly a cheap option, but reliable.
Not exactly a cheap option, but reliable.gfmalan
Expert Member
How much effort are you willing todo?
If the data on the disk is static, and its used just for installations, then you can modify your flashdisk to be a usb cdrom, and write an image to it.
If the data on the disk is static, and its used just for installations, then you can modify your flashdisk to be a usb cdrom, and write an image to it.
waynehooper
Senior Member
I bit the bullet and ordered a Kanguru FlashBlu30 from Raru.
The files change often as updates come out all the time. The switch makes it so much easier to unlock and add data as needed and then re-lock.
The files change often as updates come out all the time. The switch makes it so much easier to unlock and add data as needed and then re-lock.