How To Password Protect USB Flash Drive.

September 11th, 2009 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags: Encrypt, USB Drive

If you don’t want to spend money for a secure flash drive, then these freeware utilities may be of interest to you, should you wish to password protect your USB Flash Drive.

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Rohos Mini Drive creates hidden and encrypted partition on the USB flash drive memory. You work with the files on the hidden partition without opening a special program. Those who have megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with a data security, cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden volume that is created using this tool.

Folder Lock helps you to password protect USB drive, thumb drive and memory cards to make your data portable and accessible for you. Feel free to access your data anytime anywhere you want with the portability feature of Folder Lock without the need to install Folder Lock on other location, because Folder lock makes it sure that your password protected data is safe and secured on your USB drive, thumb drive or memory card.By using Folder Lock you can easily password protect folders and files on any external drive like USB Drive, Thumb drive or memory card.

TrueCrypt lets you create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. It encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive. The encryption is automatic, real-time and transparent. It can encrypt a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication) and provides for plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password.

Cryptainer LE is a freeware utility which creates encrypted vaults of upto 25 MB each to store any type of data. You can encrypt files and folders by simply dragging and dropping them into this vault. Additionally, it lets you create secure e-mail files that you can send to anyone. It also includes a ‘Mobile’ feature, which allows it to encrypt all media, including, USB, CD ROM, etc. It works on all 32 bit versions of Windows.

Know of any more such 3rd party freeware utilities? Do share!