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Partially. It is possible to protect a hard drive from old viruses by write protecting the hard disks. There are several softwares that claim to do that. But there are few viruses (e.g. One-Half, NATAS) which can bypass such softwares by using some special techniques. These techniques are used by these viruses to avoid detection while infecting the system. Therefore one should never rely on such softwares although they can be useful in combination with other anti-virus measures.