How to mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?
You can modify the volume attributes to make it read-only:
- Switch off "automount" by running
mountvol.exe /N - Connect disk to Windows (do not mount the disk)
- Run
diskpart - Enter
list volume - Enter
select volume X(where X is the correct volume number from the previous command) - Enter
att vol set readonly - Enter
detail voland ensure the read-only bit is set
Now you can mount the volume and it will be read-only.
See also: http://crawlmsdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx