Anybody knows how to put a password on a floppy disc. I have done it before, but now forgot.
Thank's
George
2007-01-30 22:45:30 · 6 answers · asked by cornishgnome57 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Windows doesn't allow you to password a floppy disk but what you can do is winzip (or other comression utility) the files you want to put on there and add a password that way.
or get some third party software.
2007-01-30 22:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by ravydavygravy01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are various utilities such as Steganos \ PGP which allow you to secure a drive.
If you have administrative privilidges you may be able to lock access to your floppy drive on your own pc.
Really, a more practicle solution is to zip up the files on the floppy and protect with a password.
For real security I'd go for PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), version 9 and above, as far as i know it has not been cracked (earlier versions have). Its a lot more secure than winzip etc
From memory the website is http://www.pgp.com but you can find via google
2007-01-30 22:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always just stick the files into a passworded self-extracting executable using winzip (since a floppy is so small anyway).
2007-01-30 22:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by superfunkmasta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This only removable disk I know of you can place a password on is a ZIP disk made by IOMega. Anything else you will need an application to protect the files.
2007-01-30 23:04:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't password protect the disk. You need to password protect the files on the disk, the method for this depends on the program that creates the files.
2007-01-30 22:54:30 · answer #5 · answered by rmn_tech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have used a program for it.....
search on google for 'floppy protection'
make sure you have the filter turned on, or you may have some funny links...
2007-01-30 22:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Vinz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋