I have recently bought a FreeAgent external hard drive. The hard drive is plug and play and so comes with no software which might include some security.
Does anyone know of a way i can password protect files on the hard drive so that they can't be accessed without the password? Or so the files are only accessible from my computer.
2007-11-03 04:35:02 · 4 answers · asked by ultimate_smiler 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
http://www.truecrypt.org/
That will do it
2007-11-03 04:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by castleon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most external hard-drives should give you the option for you to create a password as part of the initial installation. Read the owner manual or just click on the tutorial or help icons when you plug in your external hard drive. Choose a password and don't forget it or else your hard drive will be useless to you. I have an external hardrive and as soon as I plugged it into the USB port and the program installed, it gave me the option to create my own personalized password right away.
2007-11-03 04:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rico Goldstar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
System Vault,is a highly rated freeware program.It will not only password protect files/folders but also hide them.Good luck!!.http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_17_245_34914.html
2007-11-03 04:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by captain3249 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try browsing at www.download.com of googling for password software or similar.
2007-11-03 04:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋