I need help/ideas on how to lock files on a USB drive from being seen/accessed... - Club CDFreaks

ivand67 · 07-03-2006

Hi...

A couple weeks ago I bought an external Seagate drive, got a heck of a deal on it - 300 GB USB/Firewire for $144.95 with a couple of rebates at Buy.com.

I was gonna go with a Maxtor OneTouch II because it has DriveLock - a feature that supposedly lets you completely lock the drive from being accessed by intruders (not hackers, but people in your own home/office), but the price made a big difference and I went with the Seagate drive.

There is no tool on this drive to let me password lock it!

I need to find a way, if possible, to either lock the drive from being accessed from ANY computer or at least find a way to lock and encrypt the files (again, the goal is to prevent people from seeing the contents of the drive, and using it altogether, even if they access it from another PC).

I have seen a couple of software apps (like Folder Lock), that promise to do this, but that works only if someone were to use my PC.

The drive is the ST3300801CB-RK - this line.

Is this possible? And if it's not, what are the alternatives?

I'm pretty pissed about this. You would think that this being 2006 and all, these drives would come default with more advanced tools and software.

Thanks a lot in advance...

**xtacydima** · 07-03-2006

an alternatives is to lock the data on the drive

something simple like a password protected zip file or image is a start
or you can buy software (there are so many on the web) that can protect various file types

reasonsnotrules · 07-03-2006

disconnect the drive and lock it in a closet when you aren't home

i can't think of any seagate utilities that would allow locking of the entire drive, but you can just use any old windows password protection utility to seal off the data on that drive.

*TigerZai* · 07-03-2006

Create an encrypted volume on the external hard-drive with PGP. Just make sure you don't forget the pass-phrase for accessing it!

*Nemesys* · 07-03-2006

CD-DVD Lock might be a possibility.

bkf · 07-03-2006

Drives don't do passwords, Software does passwords. A good example is the old 1 Gig JAZ drives.

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ivand67 New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5	I need help/ideas on how to lock files on a USB drive from being seen/accessed... <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hi... A couple weeks ago I bought an external Seagate drive, got a heck of a deal on it - 300 GB USB/Firewire for $144.95 with a couple of rebates at Buy.com. I was gonna go with a Maxtor OneTouch II because it has DriveLock - a feature that supposedly lets you completely lock the drive from being accessed by intruders (not hackers, but people in your own home/office), but the price made a big difference and I went with the Seagate drive. There is no tool on this drive to let me password lock it! I need to find a way, if possible, to either lock the drive from being accessed from ANY computer or at least find a way to lock and encrypt the files (again, the goal is to prevent people from seeing the contents of the drive, and using it altogether, even if they access it from another PC). I have seen a couple of software apps (like Folder Lock), that promise to do this, but that works only if someone were to use my PC. The drive is the ST3300801CB-RK - this line. Is this possible? And if it's not, what are the alternatives? I'm pretty pissed about this. You would think that this being 2006 and all, these drives would come default with more advanced tools and software. Thanks a lot in advance...

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xtacydima Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,850	Re: I need help/ideas on how to lock files on a USB drive from being seen/accessed... an alternatives is to lock the data on the drive something simple like a password protected zip file or image is a start or you can buy software (there are so many on the web) that can protect various file types __________________ My Rig: Antec P160 P4 3.0E GHz running WinXP w/SP2 Scythe SCMN-1000 Heatsink w/Arctic Silver 5 Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 (550W power supply) ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard 2GB RAM - Corsair XMS TWINX2048 (2x1GB) 3200C2Pro CL2.0 ATI RADEON X850XT AGP 2 - WD 37GB Raptor's (in RAID 0) via onboard Promise controller Western Digital 250GB SATA HDD on Primary SATA channel Western Digital 150GB SATA HDD on Secondary SATA channel Lite-On LTR-52246S 6S0F (IDE1 Master) Lite-On JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1C (IDE1 Slave) *NEC 3500AG 2.TC Quiet* (IDE2 Master) Lite-On SOHW 1673S JS07 (via USB 2.0 to IDE & set to Master)** Found a Solution here helpful? Like the forum's? Well then, what are you waiting for JOIN NOW!!!

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