Password on harddrive?

welshbikers · 11-10-2006, 12:04 PM

Hi there,

firstly, thank you for letting me join this forum.

I have two computers 1 with a second internal harddrive and one with an external harddrive. What we were wondering was if there was a way to protect the extra harddrives by using passwords so that only my husband and my self can access them? If not, is there another way via admin tools or any other bit of wizardry?

Many Thanks,

Emma

crazijoe · 11-10-2006, 12:17 PM

If the drives are formated with NTFS you can set permissions on the files or folders. Simply by right clicking on a certian file, clicking on the security tab, adding users, removing users, and setting permissions.

**carsey** · 11-10-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by crazijoe

If the drives are formated with NTFS you can set permissions on the files or folders. Simply by right clicking on a certian file, clicking on the security tab, adding users, removing users, and setting permissions.

I think she is on about password protecting the actual Hard-drive itself, so others dont have any access to it at all.

welshbikers · 11-10-2006, 12:26 PM

Thank you for replying so fast. Yes, I am on about putting a password on the actual hard drive so that everything thats on there is only available to my husband and myself.

**carsey** · 11-10-2006, 12:33 PM

This link may be of some interest to you. It seems to sound like what you need.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...password_info/

Hope it is what you are looking for.

welshbikers · 11-10-2006, 12:47 PM

Thank you Carsey, I've had a look but I was really hopeing to be able to password protect the entire hard drive (like you have to put in your password for your account on xp). All those seemed to be for making a virtual drive.

**Done_Fishin** · 11-10-2006, 02:53 PM

There are programs on the web which allow encryption of data according to a password that only the authorised user(s) knows. Apparently even if the HDD is stolen and placed on another PC the files (according to the author) will not be seen.

I did a quick google of "HDD protection" and this is the first site that popped up in the search results. There are two programs shown below

http://www.exlade.com/

program 1

Quote:

Cryptic Disk - Disk Encryption
• disk encryption, data encryption •

Cryptic Disk provides a simple and affordable way to protect disks and disk partitions by encrypting them. The encrypted data cannot be accessed without entering the password, even if a hacker gets access to a PC or the hard drive is stolen. The program uses the AES 256-bit encryption algorithm, the same type of encryption that NASA, the FBI and the Department of Defense use to protect their data. Encrypting and decrypting takes one click and does not require a PhD in mathematics or computer science.

Download (2.3 Mb) Order Now Know More

program 2

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Disk Password Protection
• boot protection, partition protection •

Comprehensive suite of hard-drive protection/access restriction tools. Protect your disk/partitions with a password, ban all reading/writing activity, limit launch of specified files to authorized personnel only, etc.

Download (2.2 Mb) Order Now Know More

11-10-2006, 12:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
welshbikers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Password on harddrive? Hi there, firstly, thank you for letting me join this forum. I have two computers 1 with a second internal harddrive and one with an external harddrive. What we were wondering was if there was a way to protect the extra harddrives by using passwords so that only my husband and my self can access them? If not, is there another way via admin tools or any other bit of wizardry? Many Thanks, Emma

11-10-2006, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	If the drives are formated with NTFS you can set permissions on the files or folders. Simply by right clicking on a certian file, clicking on the security tab, adding users, removing users, and setting permissions. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

11-10-2006, 12:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 10,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	This link may be of some interest to you. It seems to sound like what you need. http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/d...password_info/ Hope it is what you are looking for. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

11-10-2006, 12:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
welshbikers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Thank you for replying so fast. Yes, I am on about putting a password on the actual hard drive so that everything thats on there is only available to my husband and myself.

11-10-2006, 12:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
welshbikers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Thank you Carsey, I've had a look but I was really hopeing to be able to password protect the entire hard drive (like you have to put in your password for your account on xp). All those seemed to be for making a virtual drive.