These tools are designed to ensure data integrity during digital investigations.
A widely used, free Linux-based forensic suite that includes built-in write blocking . It allows you to boot into a "live" environment to image drives safely without additional hardware.
Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control Create a new key named StorageDevicePolicies .
For those who prefer not to download software, you can manually create a write blocker by editing the :
These are smaller utilities focused specifically on preventing writes to USB flash drives.