How can I password protect an external hard drive?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Texan, Nov 30, 2006.

  1. Texan

    Texan Private First Class

    I have a couple of external hard drives and would like to have exclusive access to them.
    Can anyone recommend a freeware program that would enable me to deny access to one or more external hard drives with a password. I do not need a program that scrambles and encrypts data, etc. I just want to be able to prevent access to an external hard drive with password protection
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    I have searched majorgeeks.com but I get too many hits and searching the internet results in programs from unknown/untrustworthy sites. Majorgeeks is about the only site I trust.

    Any help / recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
     
  2. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

  3. Texan

    Texan Private First Class

    Thanks. Of all the links provided, only one offered a freeware program but it involved encryption.
    I will carefully read the details of the program, however, I am weary of encrypting a whole drive for two reasons,
    1) I am concerned that the program may have flaws in which I am not able to every access the drive again.
    2) Concerns that I will not be able to download files into the encrypted drive.

    I am surprised there isn't a higher demand for such program since privacy, by nature, is important to most everyone.

    Thanks again for youe help and time!

    Texan
     
  4. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Anyone with a suggestion for Texan? Bazza

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