External Hard Drive

[merfman]

External Hard Drive Help??

I just recently bought an external hard drive and i was wondering if it is possible to put a security password on it.

It has all my personal files (ie. bank statements, tax logs ect.) on it and i dont want anyone to be able to access it when i am not home (ex. my sons or his friends)

Any help would be great.



p.s. this is the one i bought if thats any help
http://accessories.dell.com/sna/pro...l.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=A1144579

 

[tipstir]

I just recently bought an external hard drive and i was wondering if it is possible to put a security password on it.

It has all my personal files (ie. bank statements, tax logs ect.) on it and i dont want anyone to be able to access it when i am not home (ex. my sons or his friends)

Any help would be great.



p.s. this is the one i bought if thats any help
http://accessories.dell.com/sna/pro...l.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=A1144579

File Lock Encryption for the entire drive.. With password
I found this one is opensource (meaning it's for free)

Seems very popular.. So you can encrypt that drive to protect it!
More here: http://www.truecrypt.org/