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by yellow911

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i realise this may be the dumbest question yet and may expose me to ridicule from all of you....BUT..i have never had a call to do this before and simply don't know how to do it..., so please bear with me...i am traveling to a foreign destination and need to take very confidential business files with me, both on a 2.5" external drive and an 8gig u.s.b. stick. how do i pass-word protect these drives ?....nothing too elaborate, just to give me a sense of security, that if a drive is lost, or stolen, the files there-on are not easily readable. thank you.

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by rob miners

there are a lot of tools out there that will work for you if you do a Google on "how to password protect external drive" you will see what I mean. I have included a link for you to have a look at.

http://www.magic2003.net/

by oh smeg

To encrypt the Data on them with one of the many 128 Bit Encryption Tools available nd E-Mail the Encryption Key to your Destination.

That way short of a Government getting hold of the devices and Cracking them the ability to Crack & Read your Sensitive Data is None Existent.

Also if these get stolen the possibility of someone breaking in and stealing the Data is very low.

Just make sure to not travel with the Encryption Key and the Encrypted Data and there is a very low risk of it getting stolen and used.

You can use the Encrypted File System available in XP Pro or one of the many available Encryption Applications that are available. Just make sure that you keep a copy of the Encryption Key in a Safe Place not with you as if you loose it the possibility of you being able to use the data is also none.

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by yellow911

thank you for your reply. i will have a look at it....

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