Privacy with External Hard Drives

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I just purchased an external hard drive for large files and backup. I
noticed on XP there is no way to secure these files, so that others on my PC
can not view. Is there something I am missing, or do i have to get a third
party software? If so, any freeware or shareware recommended??
 
Michael P said:
I just purchased an external hard drive for large files and backup. I
noticed on XP there is no way to secure these files, so that others on my
PC
can not view. Is there something I am missing, or do i have to get a
third
party software? If so, any freeware or shareware recommended??
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If you are running Windows XP Professional the you have missed EFS - the
encrypting file system.
See the Help and Support for more information.

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Michael said:
I just purchased an external hard drive for large files and backup. I
noticed on XP there is no way to secure these files, so that others on my PC
can not view. Is there something I am missing, or do i have to get a third
party software? If so, any freeware or shareware recommended??
Click to expand...
Hi,

Free open-source disk encryption for Windows XP/2000/2003:

TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/
 
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