Protect against accidental format?

[Talal Itani]

Dear Friends,

Is there a way to protect a drive against accidental formatting?

Thanks,
T.I.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You can not format Windows Windows drive from within Windows.
If the drive is formatted, it is hardly accidental with all the warnings
that need to be acknowledged.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Dear Friends,

Is there a way to protect a drive against accidental formatting?

Thanks,
T.I.

It's not really possible to "accidentally" format a drive. Windows
always asks "Are you sure?" before proceeding.


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[Tracy]

Unless you're referring to a 2nd hard drive...then yes, it COULD be an
accident

Also...in Bruce's answer, you DO get a warning, but you're only given that
warning once.

So..the question still remains:
CAN a drive be "protected" from being formatted?
I ask also, because I DID accidentally reformat my 2nd drive several years
ago.

Tracy

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

So..the question still remains:
CAN a drive be "protected" from being formatted?
I ask also, because I DID accidentally reformat my 2nd drive several years
ago.

Tracy

The only sure fire way to prevent a dill from formatting a disk when
they don't REALLY mean to is to remove the disk from the machine, and
bury it in the back yard. That will keep it safe!