If you like, you could get a USB flash drive with a physical write protect switch like below to use. It'll make it easy to turn on/off write protect...
Custom bulit desktops x3 Asus ROG , Asus 2520LA and Asus X712-f laptop laptops
OS:
Windows 10 Pro on all on various machines version 21H2 and running Window 11 on one desktop without
CPU:
Curently i7 Haswell's
Motherboard:
AsuTek on both laptops
Memory:
16GB in main and 8GB in travel lappy (1600)
Graphics Card(s):
GTX 650 Ti Expedition and not sure of the work lappy
Sound Card:
Asus Xonar DSX
Monitor(s) Displays:
Samsung 28" UE 590(4K) + 2x 27" by Asus on other machines
Screen Resolution:
1920x1080
Hard Drives:
All Samsung 850 EVO bar one Sandisk Extreme and one NVme M# in the main laptop
PSU:
N/A
Cooling:
Liquid all round
Keyboard:
Microsoft Sidewinder x6
Mouse:
Blu tooth on both
Internet Speed:
medium slow
Browser:
Edge
Antivirus:
Eset
Other Info:
Several machines including builds but using one laptop currently for general use and one desktop running the Windows 11 Pro on unsupported hardware version