You can use a write protect sleeve or a write protect zip to protect your Apacer USB flash drive from being written to when plugged into other computers. These sleeves or zips have a physical switch that can be flipped to prevent writing to the drive. This way, you can keep your antivirus and security applications on the drive without worrying about the drive getting infected.
Write protection prevents new information from being written to a device or software program, while allowing existing information to remain unchanged. This means that when a disk is write-protected, you cannot write or copy data on it. To enable write protection on a USB drive, you can use software like Qiling Disk Master Free, which offers a simple and operable Write Protection Removal tool that can lock the USB with a few clicks. This feature allows you to safely lock your USB drive and protect your data.
Follow the steps to use Qiling Disk Master:
Step 1. Click the download button to download Qiling Disk Master.
Step 2. Select the "Disk management" section.
Step 3. To write-protect a USB drive, right-click on the drive you want to protect and select "Advanced" followed by "Set disk readonly" from the context menu. This will prevent any data from being written to the drive.
While Qiling Disk Master can usually meet your USB drive needs, users familiar with the Windows Command Prompt and CMD commands may find it more efficient to enable their USB drive using Dispart.
Here are the detailed steps:
Step 1. Open the Windows Command Prompt, type "diskpart," and hit "Enter."
Step 2. On the Command Prompt, type each command line as follows, and an Enter key should follow each command.
Step 3. Type "Exit" to quit the Command Prompt.
If you want to disable the write protection, refer to the link below.
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