| ▲ | Terr_ 3 hours ago | |
Back in the 90s I fantasized about a hard drive bay with a physical write-protect switch on the cover plate. | ||
| ▲ | kqgnkqgn 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
In the mid-2000's I briefly worked for a company that did this at a firmware level ("write-blocked firmware") for USB drive adapters (IDE / SATA / whatever IDE variant laptops were using / etc). This was apparently very valuable for police and investigative services, so they could collect evidence, while being able to show that they did not tamper with the original drive. | ||
| ▲ | kjs3 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Tenable makes some "read only" adapters for hard disks (SATA, PATA, SCSI & FW at least). They're usually sold as part of a forensic analysis kit. I have a couple and they definitely work. I believe there are a couple of other vendors (Wiebetech?) make similar devices. The alternative (tho not practical in many cases) would be RO media like RW-DVD. | ||