password protecting drives/folders

2007-04-28 12:46:17

#1

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

hey guys

was wondering if anyone knew of any ways i could password protect either my entire flash drive, or particular folders within it?

i have tried www.truecrypt.org , but it involves re-mounting the drive using the truecrypt software, and i need to use it at school where they wont have the software.

cheers,
mitch

kara for answers

2007-04-28 12:48:02

#2

Polux: H@x ?? No, just skill baby !; +73|7118|I smell corners

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=58077

2007-04-28 12:53:18

#3

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

yh, the only difference is mine's not for hiding pr0n - it's for school docs lol and must be able to be used @ skl and home

2007-04-28 12:53:54

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7037|NYC / Hamburg

you can run truecrypt from & save to a flash drive

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-04-28 12:54:46

#5

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

can you explain max

2007-04-28 12:55:23

#6

KylieTastic: Games, Girls, Guinness; +85|6922|Cambridge, UK

or buy a U3 drive they have protection built in

2007-04-28 12:56:31

#7

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7037|NYC / Hamburg

mitch212k_2 wrote:
can you explain max

let me dig up a guide

EDIT: meh, can't find one so I will try to explain. Download true crypt. Put the folder "setup files" onto the flash drive. create a volume on the drive. When you are at school, plug in the drive, open the "setup files" folder and run truecrypt.exe and mount. when you are done: unmount.

Last edited by max (2007-04-28 13:02:09)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-04-28 13:30:03

#8

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

ok max +1 for help so far. not wanting to sound arrogant but is there no easier way? ie. plug in drive, windows box opens, enter password, and it's accessible as normal?

cheers

2007-04-28 13:39:28

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7037|NYC / Hamburg

mitch212k_2 wrote:
ok max +1 for help so far. not wanting to sound arrogant but is there no easier way? ie. plug in drive, windows box opens, enter password, and it's accessible as normal?

cheers

there is a way to auto run the app. Don't remember how though. Its somewhere in the documentation. I have auto run disabled anyhow, so I never bothered to remember how to do that

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-04-28 13:40:23

#10

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

it's just the school network is very "limited" as to what you can do ... and if i can't access youtube i doubt i can run .exe's that's all.

2007-04-28 13:47:45

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7037|NYC / Hamburg

you won't be able to use any type of encryption software without the possibility to run some sort of .exe. On a better note I figured out how to auto-run it. Open the program --> tools --> traveler disk set up...

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-04-28 13:53:55

#12

JG1567JG: Member; +110|7058|United States of America

Polux wrote:
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=58077

From the link Polux posted above. ^^^

Andoura wrote:
Make a zip folder, then you put your file in the zip, you make right clik anywhere in the zip folder (on the background) and you press Add a Password, you enter your password and then each time someone want to open the fille it will ask for the pass.

If that is confusing just put what you want in the zip folder you create then open the zip folder and right click on the background like you are creating a new folder and there is something in the right-click menu that lets you create passwords.

All you have to do is create a zip folder on your flash drive and then store anything you want to protect in that folder and then apply a password. This way you can still store some files out of the password protected folder(s).

P.S. Sorry for being redundant

Last edited by JG1567JG (2007-04-28 14:00:41)

2007-04-29 10:45:07

#13

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

so there's no other options other than a .zip file?

2007-04-29 12:23:32

#14

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7187|Riva, MD

mitch212k_2 wrote:
it's just the school network is very "limited" as to what you can do ... and if i can't access youtube i doubt i can run .exe's that's all.

I'm pretty sure they re-enabled Youtube permission, it works at my school again.

2007-04-29 14:10:49

#15

ReTox: Member; +100|6969|State of RETOXification

_j5689_ wrote:
mitch212k_2 wrote:
it's just the school network is very "limited" as to what you can do ... and if i can't access youtube i doubt i can run .exe's that's all.
I'm pretty sure they re-enabled Youtube permission, it works at my school again.

Wow times have changed!

When I was in college I talked the network admins to letting us install DoomII shareware [cough]cracked[/cough]. Every lunch hour, and during a few tests as well, we'd fire it up. No sound but still fun to get your frag on mid-day.

2007-04-30 10:53:55

#16

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

hump de "bump"

2007-04-30 10:57:54

#17

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7067|Seattle

WinRAR lets you PW protect folders. The free version doesn't so...that's all I can say.

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2007-04-30 11:13:15

#18

null_o2: Member; +7|6916|Perth, West Australia

what you need mitch is a U3 flash drive.

pretty much an ordinary flash drive, but when you insert it emulates its own DVD drive and runs all its own applications like virus scanner ect.

It also has the option to be password protected so when you insert it requires a password before the flash drive can be opened.

Quite useful, they pretty much cost the same as a normal flash drive as well.
I got two 2gig models awhile back, haven't let me down since.

http://www.u3.com/

hope that helps

2007-04-30 13:16:11

#19

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

problem is i've already got it on order

2007-04-30 13:20:46

#20

NiMhurchu: Suicide Operations; +13|7318|Germany

So, please, what is difficult on clicking an exe and entering a password?

2007-04-30 14:49:13

#21

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7068|Cheshire. UK

Why not just zip it up with a password then re zip when you finish

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable

http://portableapps.com/suite

http://www.yadabyte.com/yadadisk.htm

http://www.liberta-project.org/liberta/core/puss

http://www.dekart.com/products/encrypti … isk_light/

Last edited by joker3327 (2007-04-30 15:02:06)

2007-04-30 15:28:59

#22

Fancy_Pollux: Connoisseur of Fine Wine; +1,306|7116

Doesn't Vista business have a feature like this?

2007-04-30 15:31:22

#23

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6993|...

Fancy_Pollux wrote:
Doesn't Vista business have a feature like this?

so does xp/2000 ... but it is tied to your user account.

2007-04-30 23:34:26

#24

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6705|United Kingdom

nimurchu as i said it has to be run off a school network where i am not able to run .exe's ... if you'd read the post you'd know, ty for the links joker +1

just downloading the portable apps suite, ill give it a try, ty again everyone - i'll let you know if it works

Last edited by mitch212k_2 (2007-04-30 23:38:25)

2007-05-01 06:37:00

#25

NiMhurchu: Suicide Operations; +13|7318|Germany

Ah, I guess I just didn't get the link between not being able to surf YouTube and running exes.
To be honest, I still don't.

Last edited by NiMhurchu (2007-05-01 06:39:08)

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