Hai friends,
Many people want to lock their pen drive to protect their private data. There are many software available for locking folders inside the pen drive. But here i tell about complete locking of pen drive. That means when you plug the pen drive in a system it will ask the password.The password can be removed only by formatting.But you can't get the data. No software is needed for this. But you should have windows vista or 7. A feature known as BitLocker can be used for this purpose.Steps for lock your pen drive.
1: Plug your pen drive.
2: Right click on the usb drive.
3: Select the option Turn on BitLocker..
4: A new window will appear, follow the instructions and give the password.
5: You can create a key for recovering your password.
6: Now your pen drive is password protected.
7: Remove the pen drive.
8: Again plug it.
9: It will be asked for the password to open it.
Try this............
Note 1 : You can give passwords for all drives.
Note 2 : Give passwords to folders in the pen drive using the software Lockdir
Many people want to lock their pen drive to protect their private data. There are many software available for locking folders inside the pen drive. But here i tell about complete locking of pen drive. That means when you plug the pen drive in a system it will ask the password.The password can be removed only by formatting.But you can't get the data. No software is needed for this. But you should have windows vista or 7. A feature known as BitLocker can be used for this purpose.Steps for lock your pen drive.
1: Plug your pen drive.
2: Right click on the usb drive.
3: Select the option Turn on BitLocker..
4: A new window will appear, follow the instructions and give the password.
5: You can create a key for recovering your password.
6: Now your pen drive is password protected.
7: Remove the pen drive.
8: Again plug it.
9: It will be asked for the password to open it.
Try this............
Note 1 : You can give passwords for all drives.
Note 2 : Give passwords to folders in the pen drive using the software Lockdir
2 comments:
Only Win 7, Win 8, Vista Enterprise or Ultimate operating systems have function of BitLocker, and for people who are using other OSes, the best way to lock a pen drive is to adopt 3rd party software such as USB security(http://www.kakasoft.com/usb-security/pen-drive-locker.html) or TrueCrypt(http://www.truecrypt.org). They are both excellent flash drive protection programs, above all, they are free.
If your OS doesn't support BitLocker, it's better to use 3rd party software such as TrueCrypt(http://www.truecrypt.org) or Kakasoft Advanced Folder Encryption(http://www.kakasoft.com/folder-encryption/) to lock drive.
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