We use our computer flash drives to save all sorts of files. Often these files are private documents, images, and videos. We would not want anybody else to have access to these files without our permission. For this reason it is best to password protect our flash drives and ensure we are the only ones with access to them.
If you are a Windows user looking for an application to password protect your USB, then the following 4 freeware solutions will serve you perfectly.
1. Rohos Mini Drive
Rohos Mini Drive is a simple yet effective security application for your USB flash drives. The application is sized at nearly 3MB and installs on almost all Windows computers. With Rohos you can create a secret encrypted partition on your flash drive and store private files in it. Encryption is done on the fly and does not require administrative privileges. To access the partition you need to type in the right password. You can carry around Rohos’s portable version in your flash drive to access the encrypted partition from any computer.
2. Comodo Disk Encryption
Comodo Disk Encryption is another freeware designed to encrypt hard drive partitions. You can use the program to add an encrypted partition on your flash drive that is accessible only through the set password. Get the 8.5MB setup file for the app from the link given below.
Download Comodo Disk Encryption
3. USB Safeguard
USB Safeguard is a tiny executable file sized at only 400KB that you store in your flash drive. Running the executable and setting a password locks down your flash drive. You can unlock it by re-running the EXE file and typing your password.
4. TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt is open-source and its setup file is sized at 3.4MB. The program offers the same features such as Rohos Mini Drive, plus more. In addition to creating encrypted partitions on the hard drive and flash drives, the program can also create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk. Moreover the program’s design helps simultaneously read and write data to your flash drive faster.
Do let us know which software do you use to password protect your Pen drives?