Solve : Protect HD read-only partition from format?

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Answer» Hi there folks. I need to lock a hard drive partition so that it would be in read-only mode,so that only the OS could read the softwares in it. As i searched in the WEB i found some encryption softwares,but the problem is that they only work under windows,but soon as you boot the system with a cd than you will be able to format the partiton. i was wandering if there is a way to make a FULL protection that would prevent the HD from format. thanks in advance. Nothing free and easy. No yet. Go to the Se agate site and look for the Drive Lock feature. Here is the PR. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=lock-it-up&vgnextoid=37565c70c6147110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD And no, I do not work for them. Wow. Geeks galore Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 31, 2010, 01:31:07 PM Nothing free and easy. No yet. Go to the Se agate site and look for the Drive Lock feature. Here is the PR. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=lock-it-up&vgnextoid=37565c70c6147110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD And no, I do not work for them. I didn't find this feature ,is it a software? I think it's a physical lock on the new seagates,remember i want to lock only a partiton of the HD,and by password not physically. it must be something to do just with the BIOS. No, not software alone. A real partition lock is down at a very low level in the CONTROLLER hardware, It is either firmware or a ASIC on the electronics card of the hard drive. An example is the drive used on game consoles. You can not reformat them unless you haven the secret codes.This can be applied to one partition and not the other, allowing the OS and DATA to have separate areas on the drive. The user can not erase the whole drive. More information about this is on the Seagate forums. If you are a manufacture, Seagate can sell your company a a custom control card to do what you want. Software only locks are too easy to crack. But you might try it anyway. http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/lock-drive.html Or Google Drive Lock Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit

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Hi there folks.
I need to lock a hard drive partition so that it would be in read-only mode,so that only the OS could read the softwares in it.

As i searched in the WEB i found some encryption softwares,but the problem is that they only work under windows,but soon as you boot the system with a cd than you will be able to format the partiton.

i was wandering if there is a way to make a FULL protection that would prevent the HD from format.
thanks in advance. Nothing free and easy. No yet.
Go to the Se agate site and look for the Drive Lock feature.
Here is the PR.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=lock-it-up&vgnextoid=37565c70c6147110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD

And no, I do not work for them.

Wow. Geeks galore Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 31, 2010, 01:31:07 PM

Nothing free and easy. No yet.
Go to the Se agate site and look for the Drive Lock feature.
Here is the PR.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=lock-it-up&vgnextoid=37565c70c6147110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD

And no, I do not work for them.

I didn't find this feature ,is it a software?
I think it's a physical lock on the new seagates,remember i want to lock only a partiton of the HD,and by password not physically.
it must be something to do just with the BIOS.
No, not software alone. A real partition lock is down at a very low level in the CONTROLLER hardware, It is either firmware or a ASIC ** on the electronics card of the hard drive.
An example is the drive used on game consoles. You can not reformat them unless you haven the secret codes.This can be applied to one partition and not the other, allowing the OS and DATA to have separate areas on the drive. The user can not erase the whole drive. More information about this is on the Seagate forums. If you are a manufacture, Seagate can sell your company a a custom control card to do what you want.

Software only locks are too easy to crack. But you might try it anyway.
http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/lock-drive.html
Or Google Drive Lock Software

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit

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