How to password protect a second hard drive

Photon

I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive info.
How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?

Another Brian

Buy some encryption and/or password software.

"Photon" <Photon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99BA1035-8916-443E-8AD1-58E9A68B1E4B@microsoft.com...
>I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive
>info.
> How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?

Malke

Photon wrote:

> I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive info.
> How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?

http://www.truecrypt.com

Malke
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Bruce Chambers

Photon wrote:
> I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive info.
> How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?


Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP's file security paradigm
doesn't rely on, or allow, the cumbersome method of password protection
for individual applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the
superior method of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to
individual users and/or groups.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

HOW TO Set the My Documents Folder as Private in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;298399

Of course, if you have WinXP Pro, you can encrypt the desired
files/folders.

Best Practices for Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223316

As a crude work-around, you can place the file in a compressed
folder, and set a password to uncompress the folder to view/access its
contents. Also, some applications allow the user to password-protect
their specific data files. Read the specific application's Help files
for further information on this capability.


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Don Schmidt

If it's just created files, and 4 gigs of space is enough, use a "thumb
drive" or SD card or even rewritable DVD and when not in use store it in a
secure location.


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"Photon" <Photon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99BA1035-8916-443E-8AD1-58E9A68B1E4B@microsoft.com...
>I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive info.
> How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?

ctowers

And also use TrueCrypt to encrypt all or a part of the thumb drive -
http://tinyurl.com/3zaq29


Don Schmidt wrote:
> If it's just created files, and 4 gigs of space is enough, use a
> "thumb drive" or SD card or even rewritable DVD and when not in use
> store it in a secure location.
>
>
>
> "Photon" <Photon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99BA1035-8916-443E-8AD1-58E9A68B1E4B@microsoft.com...
>> I have a PC running XP. I have 3 hard drives and one has sensitive
>> info. How do I prevent others from accessing this drive?