How To “Write Protect” A USB Key

Some USB keys have a physical write-protect switch on it, but many don’t. It is possible to make your USB 2.0 “write-protected” simply by modifying the file-write permissions on it. Fortunately this can be done without the need to hack the registry or use any apps. Check out the video below to see how it’s done (it’s really easy).

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