A good way of write protecting is burning the entire content to CDs or DVDs and lock them away. Then you can sweep the disk by re-formatting. Lars
> >At 9:58 PM -0700 8/31/2009, Paul wrote: >>That reminds me - is there a way to write protect an external drive? >>Most (maybe all) of them don't have a hardware switch. > >I haven't seen a hardware write-lock in years. > >Most file systems support a software write-lock.... but it's just >that - software. It can be violated at will. > >- Dan. >-- >- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
