Securing USB Keys

[Sandino]

I just bought a Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB flash with U3 on board. I chose
this one because of the ability to password protect, but the U3 software is
incompat with Vista. A U3 update from Sandisk's site does not help.

The Cruzer is, however, available as a removable drive.

Is there some way I can password protect this flash drive? Barring that, is
there a device that *will* work securely with Vista?

Thanks!

 

[Sandino]

I just bought a Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB flash with U3 on board. I chose
this one because of the ability to password protect, but the U3 software is
incompat with Vista. A U3 update from Sandisk's site does not help.

The Cruzer is, however, available as a removable drive.

Is there some way I can password protect this flash drive? Barring that,
is there a device that *will* work securely with Vista?

Thanks!

 

[Mo Mo]

I'm using the U3 software on Vista. The latest update works fine here.

 

[Sandino]

I'm using the U3 software on Vista.

Same drive?

The latest update works fine here.

I've tried it on Ultimate and on a Home Premium laptop. Bot will recognize
the drive but refuse to install the driver for the U3 section of the drive.

 

[Sandino]

I'm using the U3 software on Vista. The latest update works fine here.

Having just done some reading on this issue, it seems that U3 USB drives
with firmware versions 2.1.5 & 2.2.1 will work on vista, while other
versions will not. Still doesn't help me, but at least it's a known entity.