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How can I disable access to specific USB drives (but not all)
I have 3 USB drives permanently connected to my Win 7 Pro machine. One of which I want access to all of the time, which is why the solution that disables ALL usb drives that I found not applicable. The other two are backup drives that I only want to use once a week during the backups.
It's dangerous to keep my backup drives connected all of the time, were I get to catch some ransomware on my web travels. I want my backups to be offline 99% of the time.
Currently I disconnect them physically, but I'd be just as happy if I could have a few shortcuts on my desktop to some registry settings that would allow me to simply disable access to them. I have looked in the drive properties and see that I can change security permissions but I might end up making the drive inaccessible forever if I get it wrong.
Anyone else had such a minor dilemma as this and found a better way?
edit: I'll be looking for a Win 10 compatible solution as I'm transitioning over to a Win 10 machine and once switchover day happens, these USB drives will be plugged into the new machine instead.
Last edited by ddd990; 27 Oct 2016 at 02:29. Reason: added win 10 note