DISK PROTECTION USING ENHANCED WRITE FILTER

摘要

Protection of a writable disk through utilization of a protection partition is provided. Critical updates and other designated program updates can be automatically applied to the writable disk without user intervention. Machine account password changes for domain-joined computers can be initiated and saved during a critical update and/or save change process. Local user account password changes can be permanently saved using the save change process, thus preserving the password change. Information directed to the protection partition can be saved to the writable media through a user save request. The information in the protection partition can be retained indefinitely and/or deleted without affecting the writable media. The protection partition can be automatically refreshed upon each restart. A user can interact with the disk protection system through a user interface that facilitates modifying one or more parameter associated with the protection partition.