Can I prevent a file from being deleted?

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If deleting means making inaccessible, then its simple to destroy whatever drive the data is on.

Formatting a drive can delete it too.

No way to prevent it from being deleted if anyone else has access to it. (best bet is a thumb drive in your pocket, but that's not guaranteed either).

Ya know, AL CORTEZ, you are full of it...

"YES YOU CAN PREVENT A FILE FROM BEING DELETED. THERE IS A WAY. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW. TRY PANDA USB VACCINE. IT WILL CREATE AN "AUTORUN" FILE ON YOU FLASHDRIVE WHICH WILL IMMUNIZE IT FROM VIRUSES. YOU KNOW WHAT? ONLY FORMATING YOUR FLASHDRIVE CAN DELETE THAT "AUTORUN" FILE. ALSO BEEN WONDERING HOW THEY DO IT. TRY IT AND YOU'LL BE AMAZED."

If you don't know how, then you obviously don't know much. Also, creating an "Autorun" file on a USB Flash can still be deleted by the simpelist means. I have several USB's that have Autorun files on them and even when hidden and read only, they can be deleted by simply highlighting and deleting the file in the ordinary fashion.

Simply put... there is NO WAY TO PREVENT A FILE FROM BEING DELETED EXCEPT by issuing Administrator Privilages such as they have at Libraries and other Computer Cafe's... in those systems, you cannot delete a file unless you created it, and you cannot download, access or otherwise mess with any system files because the Admin has set them to restricted access to general public users.

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