Yes, these do exist. I've run into a few from time to time. I don't recall brands, though.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:12 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>wrote: > There are USB sticks with a switch that is supposed to make them read-only > until you flip the switch again. I don't know how that works or how well, > but I know that there are flash drives with a write-protect switch on 'em. > You can find 'em on NewEgg and probably elsewhere. I just checked on NewEgg > to make sure I wasn't misremembering. > > > > From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks? > > Did not and here’s why – I have yet to hear about any guaranteed way to > make > a USB drive unwriteable on any machine you plug it into short of having a > manufacturer burn the data to one and ship it to you in which case you’re > paying 25x more for the same effect a non rewritable CD/DVD gives you. If > anyone knows of a way to do it (and I’m not talking about a reg hack on a > machine or a program that disables the functionality on a computer) please > share. > > John W. Cook > System Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:27 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anti-virus boot-up disks? > > Thanks, anyone tried this on a USB stick? > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Security Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:ezi...@lifespan.org > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anti-virus boot-up disks? > > Excellent! > > Thank you. > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: > The Microsoft system sweeper standalone seemed to work well when I tested > it. > http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper > > John W. Cook > System Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:13 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Anti-virus boot-up disks? > > Best boot-to virus clean-up options. > > Friends like to bring me their contaminated laptops, and I mostly > clean-install over them. > > I know AV exists that let you boot to a clean-up disk, who has favorites? > > Thanks > > > -- > G. 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