[comp.sys.ibm.pc] HARD DISK: write protecting

terry@janus.UUCP (Terry Lee) (06/21/89)

Is there an easy (or even not so easy) way to write-protect a hard disk?

I'm willing to cut a ribbon cable or two, if needed...

Thanks
Terry Lee
uunet!janus!terry

ching@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Ching-Yuan Tsai) (06/24/89)

In article <427@janus.UUCP> terry@janus.UUCP (Terry Lee) writes:
>Is there an easy (or even not so easy) way to write-protect a hard disk?
>

PC Magazine has published and issued a short program called
PROTECT.COM which will make a hard disk read-only when first executed
and will make it writeable when run a second time.  It is included in
their Utility disk, I think.  Also you can download it from a lot of
BBS.  Hope that helps.