Encryption is automatic on the fly AES 256 bit key length.Ī portable ROHOS disk browser which is installed directly on your USB thumb drive allows access of encrypted partition without admin rights and without install.We have already seen how we can use the built-in SysKey Utility in Windows 10/8/7, to lock the computer using a USB stick. This tool creates a password-protected encrypted partition on the USB drive. Portable version allows you to work with the encrypted USB drive on any PC.

You can protect them by a password and strong encryption. If you have any private files and you want to keep them in secret. The free edition of this tool creates a hidden, encrypted, and password-protected partition on your USB thumb drive. ROHOS MINI DRIVE is a free tool that works, without administrative rights on a computer. As you can not transfer data on a computer without administrative rights. So this I feel is not a feasible solution. But the drawback is these require administrative rights to run on any computer. There are many free as well as paid tools to encrypt and password-protect your data. 2nd Method on How to password protect USB thumb drive:Ĭreate a Password Protected Partition in USB flash drive Enter a password >click ok > it will ask again for the password, re-enter the password. In Word 2007 and later (methods are almost similar in earlier versions) click on the round word logo on the top left > than select prepare > Now click on the “Encrypt document”. Microsoft Word and Excel (many other programs) allow us to save files with a password. But there is a quicker way to selectively encrypt and password-protect files.

Many of us tend to avoid this since the encryption is a time-consuming process. It’s not possible to password protect the entire USB thumb drive without using encryption. Manually Encrypt and password-protect while saving Files: 1: 1st.Method on how to password protect USB flash drive This article summarizes 3 easiest ways to password protect or encrypt files and folders on a USB flash drive.

This makes it important for us to protect sensitive data that we may have on these USB devices.

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