How i can password protect my external harddisk with a free software without encrypting it?
Question by Lee Xuan Yi: How i can password protect my external harddisk with a free software without encrypting it?
How i can password protect my external harddisk with a free software without encrypting it because by encryting it , i will have to decrypt it everytime i open it. Thanks
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Answer by Greg B
Magicfolders.com has a free trial version thats can do both plus you can even hide it.
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I can offer you a way to make the encrypt/decrypt very painless (ie simply a mounted drive). Have you come across TrueCrypt? It is free, offers passworded or keyfile encryption and can be autoran as a device is inserted so you are passworded and the encrypted partition is auto-mounted.
“Password protection” means nothing unless the drive is encrypted.
I can bypass any of your unencrypted “password protection” by just plugging your external hard drive into Linux and browsing with a root file browser.
If you really want to password protect, you must use encryption. Try Truecrypt.