Change Disk Protection allows you to set disk protection options for a Zip disk in a selected Zip drive. Whenever you set a disk protection option, you need to close any open files and quit all applications running from the Zip disk. If you want to set disk protection for a shared disk, you must first turn off sharing. Once the disk is protected, you can turn sharing back on.
Change Disk Protection offers options for Zip disks that replace and augment the functionality of a conventional write-protect tab:
You can Write Protect a Zip disk to prevent anyone from overwriting critical data. When a disk is write-protected, no one can write files to the disk until it is unprotected. If desired, you can assign a password which must be used to unprotect the disk. If you forget the password, the data can be recovered by simply copying it to another disk (using the Finder). Use Erase Disk with Surface Verify to reclaim the disk for reuse.
You can Read/Write Protect a Zip disk to protect highly sensitive data. When you use this option, no one can read files from the disk or write files to the disk until it is unprotected using the password you assign. CAUTION: If you forget the password, the data on the disk cannot be recovered (even by Iomega). In order to use the disk again, you will have to reformat it using Erase Disk with Surface Verify.
Temporarily Unprotect gives you temporary access to a protected Zip disk. If a password was assigned when the disk was protected, you must enter the password to use Temporarily Unprotect. When you temporarily unprotect a write-protected disk, it will be automatically write-protected again when ejected. CAUTION: If you temporarily unprotect a read/write-protected disk, you must restart your Mac to restore protection.
Remove Protection completely removes either write protection or read/write protection. If a password was assigned when the disk was protected, it will be required when you select this option.
Change Password allows you to update or vary the password assigned to a protected disk. In order to change the password, you must first enter the current password for the disk. You will need to verify the new password by retyping it.
