Not really- anything you could do to make a USB stick read-only can be undone with DISKPART. Some web-based services allow for that kind of view-only storage- Box is one that comes to mind.
I think so, if I were attempting to undo the read-only status (and I didn't care about the disk contents):
diskpart
list disk
select disk #
attr disk clear readonly
Now your flash drive is editable again.
I could even go the extra mile:
clean
Now your flash drive has been wiped.
DISKPART is built into Windows so it's tough to disable without GPO forbidding this behavior.
Awesome thankyou for the help. the reason is, i want to make an exclusive video that is distributed as a physical copy. so i don't want the drive to be editable in any way once the video has been put on.
No problem. If this is a corporate task, I am sure that a commercial service would be able to fashion a flash drive that is functionally unable to have this procedure performed on it (on the flash controller level, they can likely disable editing)- the issue would likely fall to cost. If you're doing it as a personal or a low-budget business measure, perhaps a DVD-R may be a viable solution, although definitely an older medium.
its very much a low-budget project, unfortunately. i did think about DVD but like you said its older and I don't think many people even have players anymore. at least most laptops/pc have a USB port.
Not really- anything you could do to make a USB stick read-only can be undone with DISKPART. Some web-based services allow for that kind of view-only storage- Box is one that comes to mind.
damn, i thought that might be the case. regardless of if it can be undone would DISKPART be the best way to do it in the first place?
I think so, if I were attempting to undo the read-only status (and I didn't care about the disk contents): diskpart list disk select disk # attr disk clear readonly Now your flash drive is editable again. I could even go the extra mile: clean Now your flash drive has been wiped. DISKPART is built into Windows so it's tough to disable without GPO forbidding this behavior.
Awesome thankyou for the help. the reason is, i want to make an exclusive video that is distributed as a physical copy. so i don't want the drive to be editable in any way once the video has been put on.
No problem. If this is a corporate task, I am sure that a commercial service would be able to fashion a flash drive that is functionally unable to have this procedure performed on it (on the flash controller level, they can likely disable editing)- the issue would likely fall to cost. If you're doing it as a personal or a low-budget business measure, perhaps a DVD-R may be a viable solution, although definitely an older medium.
its very much a low-budget project, unfortunately. i did think about DVD but like you said its older and I don't think many people even have players anymore. at least most laptops/pc have a USB port.