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    Hi

    The other half is a teacher she carries a portable hdd to keep her work/data on, anyone know of a way to password protect it so it prompts for the password when plugged in or when a particular folder is accessed?

    Preferable something that doesn't need software installing on her school computers.

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    Thanks to DejaVu

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Turn on BitLocker in Windows?

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../dd490967.aspx

    Need to make sure you have the correct version of Windows at home/work but if you have there's nothing to it.

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    Yep that's part of the problem the school PCs are out of the ark!!

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    What about http://diskcryptor.net/wiki/Main_Page/en
    Ive not tried it with a usb harddrive but have used it on laptop drives.

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Truecrypt portable?

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Thanks for the suggestions guys, got a copy of usbsecure, she's taking her external hdd to work to make sure it works with her work PC's today.

    Cheers
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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Truecrypt would also be my suggestion, its the most popular open sourced encryption program, I use it all the time.

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    We use these in work when backing up sensitive user data. Not cheap but such a simple, elegant solution.

    31WJN-pDGRL.jpg

    137GBP from Amazon.co.uk

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    For the other half - sure!

    Its for your porn stash aint it?
    "Where you are is what you eat. When I'm in London I'll have beans on toast for lunch. On holiday � what? Tapas? Go on then I'll have a bit. You eat whatevers in that area"
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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Corsair do USB flash drives with built in keypad, don't think they cost much either.

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Quote Originally Posted by Nibb View Post
    For the other half - sure!

    Its for your porn stash aint it?
    Rumbled, its where i keep the stuff with animals in....

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    Default Re: External Hdd Password Lock?

    Quote Originally Posted by evilsatan View Post
    Corsair do USB flash drives with built in keypad, don't think they cost much either.
    Yep, looked at these but the school have issued them all with a 500gig External Hdd, so need a method to lock it.

    Will take a look at truecrypt later on

    Cheers

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