Write-Protecting the Disk using WIN32

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

C++

Hi...

Can anyone Suggest me How to Write Protect the Hard-Disk/flash disk using WIn32 Source Code..

Thanks..

Posted 12-Mar-12 21:54pm

Guru_C++

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Emilio Garavaglia · Answer 1 · 2012-03-13T09:45:00

Solution 1

You cannot.
The disk belongs to the operating system, not to the application that uses it.
You must write a driver for that. And it UNDER the win32, not using win32 itself.

Posted 13-Mar-12 9:45am

Emilio Garavaglia

Comments

Guru_C++ 14-Mar-12 2:06am

Atleast, Can it be done for External USB or Flash Disk ??

Emilio Garavaglia 14-Mar-12 5:55am

No, for that same reason: the hardware is managed by the OS, that hosts the applications (ALL of them).

Imagine two apps wishing to do different things to a same device or port...

What you can do is ask the system to give the full control of a port to you, hiding away to every other app, until you give it back (but now you have an USB serial: forget about file systems, you have to write your own), or writing something IN the system (a driver) that manipulates the data-flow towards a given port or device.

Note that some devices have this capability themselves (have a switch that can be positioned in a "deny write" mode). If you have that need, you probably should go towards that kind of devices.

Guru_C++ 14-Mar-12 8:33am

Ok.. Thanks alot..