Protecting Disks

The Protection tool is a replacement for the conventional write-protect tab on floppy disks, this tool provides a wide variety of protection options for Iomega drive users.

Use the protection tool to:

• Write protect a disk through software, instead of with a mechanical write protect switch.
• Write protect a disk and assign a password so that no one can add, edit, or delete files without first entering the password.
• Read/Write protect a disk so that it cannot be read from, or written to , unless the user enters the password you assign.

To Access the Protect or Unprotect Function:

1. Insert the disk you want to protect or unprotect.
2. Right click on the appropriate drive icon in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
3. Select Protect or Unprotect from the drive shortcut menu.
4. Choose the protection option you want to use. The following list defines the protection options available:
   • Write Protection prevents anyone from accidentally overwriting critical data. You can use a password when you write protect your disk. If you forget the password, you can recover your data by copying it to another disk and formatting the original disk for reuse.
   • Read/Write Protection prevents anyone from reading from or writing to your disk. This feature requires that you assign a password to the disk.

     CAUTION! If you forget your password, your data cannot be recovered. You must select the "I Forgot" option from the Unprotect screen and long format the disk before you can use it again.
     
     

   • Use Password enables you to protect your disk with a password. Use Password is required if you select Read/Write Protection and optional if you select Write Protection. You must know the old password in order to change passwords. Passwords are case sensitive. Remember the case you use when you assign a password to a disk.

     NOTE: Although Iomega disk protection options are set using the Protect tool, the actual protection mechanism is secured in the drive hardware. Because Iomega disk protection is not software-based, it cannot be bypassed using other software programs.
     
     

   • Unprotect eliminates all protection coding on the disk. You can remove protection temporarily or permanently To remove the protection permanently, uncheck the box entitled "Remove protection only temporarily". If this box remains checked, you have only temporary access to the disk and the protection restores automatically when you eject the disk.
5. Click OK.

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