| With the growing amount of small personal drives, | | | | password for each one, or for each folder you've set |
| usually based on flash memory, that can insert into | | | | up to store a group of those files. Besides, good |
| your computer's USB port, you might be wondering | | | | security dictates that you don't have single password |
| how to password protect USB drives you're using on | | | | for all files on a USB drive. If you only have a small |
| your computer. There are any number of ways for | | | | amount, then just go in and set up a password for the |
| doing so, and we're going to highlight just a few. Most | | | | file before you save it. This is easy enough to do in |
| good computer stores will also be able to offer a few | | | | most versions of Windows. |
| tips and suggestions, so look around and decide on the | | | | For large numbers of files, there are a couple of free |
| simplest yet best way that fits your own needs and | | | | software programs, such as Cryptainer LE, which you |
| not just those of somebody else. | | | | can download and use, as long as your file isn't over |
| USB drives are a great thing. We can store large | | | | 25MB. If it is, you'll need to slice the file down further, |
| amounts of data on them and then use them on just | | | | which can be a pain. But, there's another version of a |
| about any computer that has a USB port to work on | | | | computer software program that can protect each |
| those stored files at that computer. This is very | | | | specific folder relatively easily. The point is there are |
| convenient, and helps us to up our productivity, so | | | | some solutions and they're available once you decide |
| keep a few things in mind. | | | | how you want your files or folders protected. |
| To start, you need to look at what it is you mean to | | | | Always treat a USB drive just like you'd treat a hard |
| do. If you have many small files, it can be | | | | drive with sensitive data. Never share it and never just |
| time-consuming to go in and create an individual | | | | leave it lying around. |