password protection help? PLZ!?

Question

I have a external hardrive but my sister keeps goign on it
and i dont want her on it! because its anoying and she steals all my movies. is there anyway i can put a password or something on my movie folder on the external or just on the whol external?

someone told me to download some password program (4get what it was called) but it only put the password protection on ym computer when i tryed to use the external
not heres

any ideas?
thanks

Answer 1

Check this: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/8790

The problem with a lot of protection software is, that it resides on your computer. So if your sister simply removes the external drive and plugs it into a different computer, it can be read.

Other software encrypts the entire drive (better) but needs a component residing on your computer to de-crypt the contents. This means YOU cannot take it with you and get it to work on a different machine.

The software discussed in the above article resides on the external drive itself so no matter which computer you plug it into, it is protected - but accessible if you know the password.

Answer 2

Truecrypt is okay but your best deal on using it is encrypting your entire hard drive, this can protect you from situations of your laptop getting stolen, kon-boot, etc.



But yeah you will need something higher then sp1, considering it has some boot issues that but its still compatible.



Also you can read a little article here; http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_encrypt_encode_password_protect_files_windows_winxp.html



But if you want your password protected just do what I said above, or change your password and possibly add a bios password.

Answer 3

Double click on at the dossier Your zip software will open. Choose extract It will ask for the password Type within the password If you would not have the password, uncover anything else to do. If you do have the password the dossier will probably be extracted.

Answer 4

You can use the following programs:



Picocrypt or Truecrypt. Just google it and go for instructions and download.

Answer 5

Hi,



There are many password protection software available on click by where you can protect your private data from any one. you can try this : http://www.password-protect-software.com



Thanks.

Answer 6

Try www.passwordprotect.com. It is connected with Microsoft.