How to prevent a specific USB (Live Linux iso) from automatically mounting on common OSes?
To make my pentesting environment a bit more portable, I flashed Blackarch Linux to an USB Stick (a SanDisk Ultra 3.0).
If I plug it into a Windows machine, it does what Windows normally does with new mass storage devices: it automounts them and assigns a drive letter (like "M:").
I would like to prevent Windows (and any other common OS such as Linux distros) from automounting it (like Tails OS, the media/iso files are only visible in tools for Disk Management, but not in the explorer).
How do I achieve this? Is there a specific flag and if so, how do I set it?
usb mount iso-image
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
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To make my pentesting environment a bit more portable, I flashed Blackarch Linux to an USB Stick (a SanDisk Ultra 3.0).
If I plug it into a Windows machine, it does what Windows normally does with new mass storage devices: it automounts them and assigns a drive letter (like "M:").
I would like to prevent Windows (and any other common OS such as Linux distros) from automounting it (like Tails OS, the media/iso files are only visible in tools for Disk Management, but not in the explorer).
How do I achieve this? Is there a specific flag and if so, how do I set it?
usb mount iso-image
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05
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To make my pentesting environment a bit more portable, I flashed Blackarch Linux to an USB Stick (a SanDisk Ultra 3.0).
If I plug it into a Windows machine, it does what Windows normally does with new mass storage devices: it automounts them and assigns a drive letter (like "M:").
I would like to prevent Windows (and any other common OS such as Linux distros) from automounting it (like Tails OS, the media/iso files are only visible in tools for Disk Management, but not in the explorer).
How do I achieve this? Is there a specific flag and if so, how do I set it?
usb mount iso-image
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
To make my pentesting environment a bit more portable, I flashed Blackarch Linux to an USB Stick (a SanDisk Ultra 3.0).
If I plug it into a Windows machine, it does what Windows normally does with new mass storage devices: it automounts them and assigns a drive letter (like "M:").
I would like to prevent Windows (and any other common OS such as Linux distros) from automounting it (like Tails OS, the media/iso files are only visible in tools for Disk Management, but not in the explorer).
How do I achieve this? Is there a specific flag and if so, how do I set it?
usb mount iso-image
usb mount iso-image
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
asked Feb 3 at 18:56
Yannik Z.Yannik Z.
387
387
There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05
add a comment |
There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05
There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05
There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05
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There may be a registry setting for it (I imagine) although looking at it in a more generic way, if you DID stop Windows from automounting the USB, you would have to do so for all USBs. So any time you plug one in, you must go to Disk Management and assign it a drive letter. While there might be a 3rd party program to help you out, this feature is more useful than it is hindering - so you might not find a lot of ready-made solutions.
– QuickishFM
Feb 3 at 21:05