Password Protecting Folders.

[species8350]

My pc will be going in for repairs shortly.

I'd like to protect some of my folders. Can folders be individually
password protected under Vista?

Thanks

 

[species8350]

Not directly.  Even if they could be, any good repair technician worth
his salt could figure out how to bypass the password protection.

You need to get a third-party application that will encrypt as well as
hide folders of your choice.  I've been using Folder Lock, and I'm
pretty satisfied with it.

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Thanks for responding.

I've got a copy of TrueCrypt, but I don't think it can be used to
password protect a folder

 

[species8350]

Thanks for responding.

I've got a copy of TrueCrypt, but I don't think it can be used to
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Steven,

Hi,

Folder Lock cannot be used long term for free. Am I correct

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Thanks for responding.

I've got a copy of TrueCrypt, but I don't think it can be used to
password protect a folder

TrueCrypt *encrypts* folders (that's a bit oversimplified), and it
requires a a password to open them for access.

 

[species8350]

TrueCrypt *encrypts* folders (that's a bit oversimplified), and it
requires a a password to open them for access.

I have TC, but I think I have to create volumes on virtual drives

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

I would recommend you buy external USB disk and move sensitive data out of
internal disk to the external disk.

Also if this is a PC (ie not a laptop) and if it contains two internal disks
(one system, one data), you can remove the data disk yourself (or ask
someone who is skilled with such tasks).

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I have TC, but I think I have to create volumes on virtual drives

Read and follow the instructions. It's not extremely hard.

Or extemely easy

 

[Wolfgang Sirges]

I've got a copy of TrueCrypt, but I don't think it can be used to
password protect a folder

Create a Truecrypt container, and move that folder into the container.

Greeting, Wolfgang.

 

[species8350]

Create a Truecrypt container, and move that folder into the container.

Greeting, Wolfgang.

Thank for the info.

I would prefer to password protect

Best wishes

S