Protection

Hi

I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has important
household stuff on and business data.

The kids use this comp all the time and I don't want them messing with any
of that which would of course not be them :P

We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use so was
looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?

TIA


ste

steve wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has
> important household stuff on and business data.
>
> The kids use this comp all the time and I don't want them messing
> with any of that which would of course not be them :P
>
> We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use
> so was looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?
>
> TIA
>
>
> ste

Maybe an inexpensive, removable HD Enclosure would be most secure?
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GN210&cat=HDD

You can then swap out your HD and insert the kid's HD when they are using
the PC.

I use one of these for my data drive. I pull out the drive and store it in
the fire-proof safe whenever we aren't home. Plus (in the event of a fire
or other emergency) you can quickly pull out the drive and take it with you,
saving your data. Applications and the OS can always be
replaced/reinstalled, but data can't.

Just a thought!

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:30:01 -0000, steve <steve@iicrcspamless.karoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has
> important
> household stuff on and business data.
>
> The kids use this comp all the time and I don't want them messing with
> any
> of that which would of course not be them :P
>
> We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use so
> was
> looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?
>
> TIA

Cryptainer LE can do this:

"Cryptainer makes it easy to hide all your sensitive information by
letting you remove the virtual drive with a single click."

Go to:

I seem to remember that the free version has some limitations like the
size of the virtual drive. I'm sure the web site has the details:

http://www.cypherix.com/prods.htm

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"steve" <steve@iicrcspamless.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ZZqdndWYtsD4n5ffSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk...
> Hi
>
> I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has
> important
> household stuff on and business data.

http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/

Virtual device. Works a treat though it may be overkill for your needs.

You never said which OS you're using. If is supports NTFS and you want
to get your hands dirty, then look into multiple users and privs - it'll be
enough
to keep your porn collection^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
private data free from wondering eyes.

;-)

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:30:01 -0000, "steve"
<steve@iicrcspamless.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has important
>household stuff on and business data.
>
>The kids use this comp all the time and I don't want them messing with any
>of that which would of course not be them :P
>
>We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use so was
>looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?
>
Try a boot manager, such as XOSL.
This utility has the ability to 'hide' drives and partitions - along
with password protection for boot options.
Any drive/partition so hidden can't be seen by the OS
XOSL will install safely on your existing boot partition.

All you need do is create two boot options, one with and one without
the relevant drive.
It's the exact same method I use to protect my data on the home
machine.

Regards,


--
Steve ( out in the sticks )
Email: anyoldname(*AT*)gmx(*dot*)co(*dot*)uk

steve wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking to protect one of the hard drives on my comp. It has
> important household stuff on and business data.
>
> The kids use this comp all the time and I don't want them messing
> with any of that which would of course not be them :P
>
> We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use
> so was looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?
>
> TIA
>
>
> ste

Peronally, it htink the words "business data" and "kids" should not be used
in 1 sentence, and never ever in one computer configuration. You can protect
against lightning, fire, theft, viruses, spam, but not against kids

I would sugest a serate coomputer, if possible at all.
But I can understand this solution is too expensive.

As a second sugestion I'd sugest a seperate removable (usb) harddisk for you
business/household data.

If it is a real "no budget" solutions: use a cryptainer, like
http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/ (as anaon said)
But don't come here complaining I did not warn you!

MightyKitten

steve wrote:

> We thought it would be more sense to keep a 30 gig for just our use
> so was looking to see if it is possible to password the whole drive?

Easy: download the freeware version of "FolderAccess" from here:

http://www.lockfolder.net/

Then, create a new folder on your 30 GB drive (called "Private" or
something like that) and move all the folders and files you want to
protect inside it. Then use FolderAccess to password-protect this
single folder. Done!