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Is there away to setup a password to gain access to one of my secondary drives so if someone is using my computer while i am away they cant damage any of my data back-up?
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Enigma8750
Wow thats High tech. I dont know. standy by
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I use a program called "Folder Guard" its a great program fvor doing this type of thing. I have everything in my D: Locked this way if anybody goes into D: and cliicks on a folder they get "Access denied" also if they try to delete or modify them aswell, Unless you right click the folder you want to open and select unlock and use the password, You can also set it to hide an entire drive unless password is enetered aswell, also you can select to hide specific folders aswell you can make anything Locked, or Read only, visible or not visible.

Hope this helps.

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I use a program called "Folder Guard" its a great program fvor doing this type of thing. I have everything in my D: Locked this way if anybody goes into D: and cliicks on a folder they get "Access denied" also if they try to delete or modify them aswell, Unless you right click the folder you want to open and select unlock and use the password, You can also set it to hide an entire drive unless password is enetered aswell, also you can select to hide specific folders aswell you can make anything Locked, or Read only, visible or not visible.

Hope this helps.

thanks ill try it now , hiding the drive and passwording it? MMM sounds like WIN to me
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True Crypt 100%

Great program for encrypting data. You can encrypt a whole drive, a partition, or just a container to put things in.
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True Crypt 100%

Great program for encrypting data. You can encrypt a whole drive, a partition, or just a container to put things in.
I'll try that one on my other computer, thanks for the help guys

just used the folderguard and that thing is sick...windows show 250gb of data in drive and you explore it and it says EMPTY LOLZ and it's password protected
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my gigabyte motherboard came with this software called Ultra TPM, its a hard drive encrypter, from which I can make it where I can put the encrypted keys or passwords on a flash drive, and you have to plug in the flash drives to make it unlock.

Ultra TPM - Industry's highest level of data Security via onboard TPM

* Maximum level of data protection with 2048 bit encryption
* Security, manageability and flexibility that surpasses software-based encryption
* Portable User Key to protect data when away from your system
* Additional backup of user key in BIOS in case of misplaced key

......TPM Configuration Procedure

* After creating the password(s) and key(s) associated the TPM, be sure to store them in a secure location and back them up. Loss of the password(s) or the key(s) will render the files encrypted via the TPM unable to be cracked or read.
* Though the TPM delivers the latest data security technology, it does not guarantee data integrity or give hardware protection. GIGABYTE is not liable for loss of encrypted data as a result of hardware damage.

(Note)If you want to uninstall the Ultra TPM utility, be sure to insert the USB flash drive containing the TPM key into your computer before the uninstallation.
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I'll try that one on my other computer, thanks for the help guys

just used the folderguard and that thing is sick...windows show 250gb of data in drive and you explore it and it says EMPTY LOLZ and it's password protected


Your porn collection is safe now
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Maybe I can use something like this to make Windows Media Player stop finding porn that was recently downloaded. I wanted to show my girlfriend "Deep Red" by Apoptygma Berzerk, not "Red and Deep" by Liz Vicious, damn it.
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