Password lock on a drive?

Auslander

Hello

I'm working on a PC at the moment.

I have several drives attached to the PC via USB,

Some of the drives are in movies and music and will be viewed by anyone logged on to the PC.

However, one of the drives will has personal information & a clearing folder I need to password lock it.

My question is as follows :-

Is there a password program, or is there a way of making the folder private (the 'make folder private' option in sharing is greyed out, as it is a USB drive) which I can run on the drive to stop it being accessed or viewed by other users in the tree without a password?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, I have tried to be clear, I can elaborate if it helps.

Seasons Greetings

Aus

Enright

http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/

folder lock will do the job

Capt'n Midnight

changing rights on a usb key in security options will only stop someone without admin rights accessing it through that OS. An admin can take ownership of the files. And data recovery is very easy.

If multiple people are using the PC and you want to keep stuff private then they should have a different passwords for them and they should not have admin rights.

if you encrypt the folder it's very private but data recovery is impossible unless you have a copy of the key

Free options
windows 2000, XP and vista have encryption built in.
But not in home editions :rolleyes: EFS
look at the command line util cipher
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457065.aspx#EEAA

or http://www.truecrypt.org/

Cantab.

truecrypt.org

Overheal

http://lifehacker.com/software/top/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-data-178005.php
direct link - CM