Re: Protecting a USB poratable Hard Drive

Ben M. Schorr - MVP wrote:
Aloha Palindr☻me,

You might try TrueCrypt. Here's more info: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/thumb-drive/onthefly-encryption-for-your-usb-flash-drive-154465.php

Thanks Ben - that looks very useful.
I must admit that I was hoping that there was a way of setting up XP to give the same sort of level of protection - rather than a 3rd party add-on.

Sue



Hi,

I have a laptop running XP Pro that is a member of an NT domain and is
normally used with a domain user account. I have a pocket sized 100GB
USB drive that I want to use with it. However, I am concerned that I
may mislay the drive or have it stolen and it could fall into the
hands of someone who knew what they were doing with computers.

How would you protect the drive from a third party, reasonably
competent, individual gaining access to the files on the drive?
Ideally, whilst not greatly impacting on its ease of use, or speed -
if possible.



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