usbs with r/w switches

chunter

Anybody remember 3 1/2 floppies?
They used to have switches on them to physically prohibit writing to the disk.

Has anybody invented a usb stick that does this?
Now that would be a good idea...

jayme1

yeah they exist alright, but they are pretty uncommon and often come at a premium.

flashg67

NOt personally aware of one, but there is security software which will prevent access to the files on the usb stick (I know, not quite the same thing is it!)

What about a usb stick that doesn't have it's own memory - you insert an SD card into it to give it's memory. An SD card can be protected by the little switch thing.

Not as simple as the floppy idea but at least you'll be able to fit more than half an Mp3 song on it...

John_Gray

These were available a long time ago: I have three of them: a 28MB one (not a typo), 128MB, and 512MB. But I haven't seen any since capacities got to be much larger. Maybe have a skate through the myriad available from Play.com? (Only just over 700...)

Hammyman

I've still got a 1GB one that has this.

santer_2

Would this do?

Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Or

http://www.freeotfe.org/features.html

debitcardmayhem

santer wrote: »

Would this do?

Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Or

http://www.freeotfe.org/features.html

+1 truecrypt, plus I have a 1GB one in my pocket which I have put systemrescuecd on, and truecrypt and portable apps too

santer_2

Saw some portable applications here

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/45-free-useful-thumb-drive-applications/

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-free-useful-portable-applications-you-should-know/