External Hardrive ???????????

Eircom_Sucks

Hey im looking to buy a 2tb external drive for

1. my media box dvd collection , music , photos etc

2. for backing up my work

no my question is , is it possible to lock a folder on an external drive with a password ????

as i dont want anybody being able to open my work folder , accounts , bank statements etc

so if i lend the external to a friend to use , i want to be safe knowing he can't access this said folder

i know wd passport drives have a 256bit encription but that just works on the whole drive ie when you connect the drive to laptop you have to enter password to access the whole drive.

any ideas ???? any drive with the facilitie to lock individual folders

pickarooney

http://www.ehow.com/how_2196195_password-protect-folder-windows-xp.html

should be similar in Vista/7

Eircom_Sucks

pickarooney wrote: »

http://www.ehow.com/how_2196195_password-protect-folder-windows-xp.html

should be similar in Vista/7

doesnt work

when i do what it says it doesnt give an option for password


thanks anyway

broin

One question mark is fine.

You could encrypt some or all of the drive using TrueCrypt - you can split the drive into multiple partitions, and keep sensitive stuff in one, encrypted partition.

Eircom_Sucks

broin wrote: »

One question mark is fine.

You could encrypt some or all of the drive using TrueCrypt - you can split the drive into multiple partitions, and keep sensitive stuff in one, encrypted partition.

tried that before and didnt like it

broin

Best of luck, then.

leninbenjamin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software

biko

There's Hide Folder programs you can use.

seraphimvc

or try some software called FolderLock,used that and quite handy.

old_aussie

Give us a bit more info, what OS are you using?

Eircom_Sucks

sorry

using vista

dont want to hide the folder , just if somebody accesses it , they need a password and if they dont have it they cant access it , thats it

coldfire1x

Try this.

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

Folder Lock offers full portability by offering PC independent password protection of your files and folders. Create a portable Locker in your USB Drive or Memory Stick and Folder Lock will also create an autoplay executable in your USB drive. Automatic plug & plug is also supported making it easy to open protected Lockers on USB drive without the need to install Folder Lock.

Works on all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms!

Folder Lock is compatible on all 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows 7.0, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2008, Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2000. The protection is cross-platform compatible and PC independent. Folder Lock offers great features and zero compromise on data security in all versions of Windows.

BostonB

Buy two drives. Once for sharing, one for not.

Have more than backup in case you mate drops it, or you get burgled and they steal the drives.

Use TrueCrypt on sensitive data. Have a back up unencrypted somewhere safe.