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How do you write protect a usb flash-drive?
Most USB drives have a small write-protect switch/slider which you can use to make the drive read-only. If your drive doesn't have one and its essential for you, then consider buying one that does have the write-protect feature- USB drives are quite affordable these days. You can buy this software to write protect a pen drive: penprotectorenglish.wordpress.com There are, however a few things you can do, like ... * Secure your thumdrive with TrueCrypt * Use a Registry Hack to Disable Writing to USB Drives * PenProtector - write protect a pen drive from viruses etc..
Can you read and write a CD on a DVD external drive?
First Answer:Sadly, you can't.Second Answer:Actually, most disc drives are backwards compatible to the last disc. So, DVD drives can read/write to CD and Blu-ray drives can read/write DVD and CDRs.It does not work the other way around. You can't read/write to a DVD if the drive is marked as a CD drive.
What is a DVD-RW drive and how is it different from a DVD-ROM drive?
Read/ write drives allow you to write DVDs. ROMs only read.
What are floppy diskette drives?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
Are flash drives and hard disks read-write?
Yes, the information on both can be changed.
What do you call the part of a CD-ROM drives head assembly that moves across the disk to read it?
Read/write actuator
Is a diskette a software or hardware?
A "diskette" or "floppy disk" is neither as they are removable magnetic storage media. However, if you refer to the drives that read from them or write to them, then those drives are considered hardware.
How do you remove write protection on?
On a SD card, there is a small side switch on the top left corner of the drive. Pushed one way the media is read/write, pushed the other way the media is read-only. Older media such as floppy drives had either a hole you covered or a slide you could move.
What are some of the DVD drives that offers less loading time?
DVD drives that offer less loading time are drives that have a fast read/write speeds. These speeds are usually labeled on the box.
How do you remove write protection on media?
On a SD card, there is a small side switch on the top left corner of the drive. Pushed one way the media is read/write, pushed the other way the media is read-only. Older media such as floppy drives had either a hole you covered or a slide you could move.
What are the different drives in a computer and their functions?
CdRom - To read cd's CDR - To read and write CD's DVDrom - to read dvd's DVDR - To read and write dvd's Zip- Used like a floppy, but will store 100 Mb of storage Floppy - stores 1.44 Mb of data Hard Drive- where everything is saved There are tons more types of drives.. do a search on google for it
Is a diskette a software?
A "diskette" or "floppy disk" is neither as they are removable magnetic storage media. However, if you refer to the drives that read from them or write to them, then those drives are considered hardware.
