On 11 Nov 2008 at 16:15, Christopher Boggs wrote:
> I remember several months ago a thread was being tossed around about needing
> USB flash drives that featured a hardware write protect switch.... (I´m pretty
> sure it was Ben Scott that asked, so I CC´d him)
I've had a PQI flash drive with a write-protect switch for a long time. Don't
see them on NewEgg, but they do have this little puppy which has W-P and would
work the same:
Newegg.com - pqi 2GB MicroSD Flash Card w/S721 Card Reader Model AEA8-
2033R01F1 (Pink) - Flash Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141296
Here's the first drive I have (1st hit on Google):
http://www.google.com/search?q="PQI+usb+flash"+"write-protect";
PQI Cool Drive Pro 4GB USB 2.0 USB Flash Drive 170X,4 gb usb memory,4 gb
usb flash drive
http://www.supermediastore.com/pqi-cool-drive-pro-4gb-usb-20-usb-flash-
drive-170x.html
or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6q3r2j
(note: I don't recommend this store, just showing you the drive I use).
FWIW lots of W-P flash drives on Google Shopping:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5ccxqs or
http://www.google.com/products?num=20&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-
a&rls=org.mozilla:en-
US:official&;hs=x0l&q=%22usb%20flash%20drive%22%20%22write-
protect%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf
Also FWIW I just came across my very first flash drive, and it has a W-P
switch. No idea who made it, it was a freebie from a Microsoft show-and-tell.
It holds all of 32 megabytes.
Also FWIW I came across this today:
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Write Protect (Read only) Your USB Drive with USB Write Protector
USB Write Protector is a free utility that allows you make write protect
your USB flash / pen drives. This is a very small utility that you can
always carry with you in your portable drive.
Note: This utility does not make your USB drive write protected rather it
makes the host computer on which this utility is run unable to write to
removable storage media like USB flash drives.
Download USB Write Protector ...
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More here with links:
http://www.shivaranjan.com/2008/09/14/write-protect-read-only-your-usb-drive-
with-usb-write-protector/
or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3tncca
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