multiple hard-drives?

Question

I have two hard -drives on my WINDOWS 200pro machine.
The master drive is where my OS sits. My slave drive is free of an OS, but i use it to save pictures and ducuments. However, anyone can view and access the content on my second drive(slave) and i would like to restict access to the contents of this drive to me only, the administrator.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible and if so how do i set it up for privacy?

Answer 1

To make your folders private
Open My Computer.
Double-click the drive where Windows is installed (usually drive (C:), unless you have more than one drive on your computer).
If the contents of the drive are hidden, under System Tasks, click Show the contents of this drive.

Double-click the Documents and Settings folder.
Double-click your user folder.
Right-click any folder in your user profile, and then click Properties.
On the Sharing tab, select the Make this folder private so that only I have access to it check box.
Notes

To open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop.
This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.
When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well. For example, when you make My Documents private, you also make My Music and My Pictures private. When you share a folder, you also share all of its subfolders unless you make them private.
You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS. For information about converting your drive to NTFS, click Related Topics.

Answer 2

First of all, make sure your second drive is formatted in NTFS, not FAT or FAT32. You need NTFS to set security privileges to your files.

Then, once your in NTFS, you can set the security permissions to you only, under the "Security" tab in the properties of the folder.

For extra security, I would recommend something like TrueCrypt. It will create a virtual drive that is very securely crypted and protected by a strong password. The NTFS security is ok, but if someone steals your PC, they'll eventually get access to your files. As for TrueCrypt, this will be extremely more difficult.

Answer 3

Is this on a company network or in your own home? If it is not your computer, you will never be able to control who can see your files. If they want to they can remove the hard drive and examine it outside the computer. If it is your own computer, set up user accounts and prevent access to the drive to certain users.


Good luck!

Answer 4

You can right click the second drive in My Computer, or Windows Explorer, and select properties... From there, you will see a sharing tab. There ya go! Was this best answer?!

Answer 5

while you're no longer reliable with computers i could say merely stick the 1tb in as a slave, in case you recognize what you're doing i could advise moving all data to the 1tb, then format the 300gb and supply it a clean installation of your OS, in order that it is working finished speed and does not have any undesirable stuff on it that could sluggish it down. Then proceed working the 300gb as grasp and 1tb as slave, putting majority of data on the 1tb and attempting to maintain the 300gb incredibly sparkling to maintain your laptop working as much as hurry.