how do i secure the drive in NTFS file format ?

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Answer 1

new version of NTFS supports new features such as disk quotas and file level encryption.
The essence of NTFS encryption is that it’s designed so that only the creator of a file can view the file’s contents. To the creator, an encrypted file appears as any other file would. The file’s creator doesn’t have to go through any special decryption procedure to view the file’s contents. The decryption process is completely automatic. Likewise, applications that try to read the file can do so without having to go through any special procedures. However, any one else who tries to view an encrypted file will see gibberish.


To encrypt a file on an NTFS version 5 partition, select the file or folder that you want to encrypt. Next, right click on the folder select the Properties command from the resulting context menu. When you see the folder’s properties sheet, select the General tab and click the Advanced button. On the following dialog box, select the Encrypt Contents to Secure Data check box and click OK twice. At this point, if you’re encrypting a folder, you’ll see a dialog box that asks if you want to encrypt only the folder that you’ve selected or the folder, all sub folders and the files that they contain. Make your selection, click OK and the files or folders will be encrypted.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

NTFS are other wise not readable by FAT32 or FA16 but ext2fs and other linux partition do enable u to read t

i take it that you want your data to be recovered from NTFS.

1. If you are not to linux or unix
2. Try this
3. Mount your hardisk to any of the microsoft XP versions hard disk ie install it as primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave or in raid
4. Log in to the new hard disk O/S
5. Copy whole data to your new harddisk with our problem

if problems come back

Answer 3

you can't secure the drive, but you can secure folders. In Windows, rightclick on a file or folder -> Properties -> Advanced -> check the Encrypt option.

Answer 4

u dont have any need to do that just when u make partition of hard disk chose ntfs partition