USB / Removable Drive Protection

ACE1987 · 08-09-2010, 3:06 PM

Hi

Does anyone know of a free/cheap way to password protect/encrypt the data sorted on my USB drive.

Also I will be using my pen mainly in internet cafe's and have heard there are programmes that can be executed from a removable drive which will remove any trace of me / my data on the computer.

Any help much appreciated.

Richard

vsmora · 08-09-2010, 11:19 PM

If you're using the apps from the PC it will be tricky to make sure you remove all traces from the local temp/caches. Consider running your own apps directly from the USB drive. That way you can configure them to only ever store things to your drive not the HDD.
See PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives

**MarkE19** · 09-09-2010, 5:30 PM

I've not used it, but TrueCrypt should do what you want.

Mark.

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