USB (Universal Serial Bus) naverdays has become one of the electronic device that has a higher rate of development. Then for it USB key companies has a great job that is to provide the greatest security or protection to their users in protecting their document and files. Since mobiles phones companies makes in makes sure that USB keys provides more protection for your personal data and as well as your files. Today we will give you useful and very easy tips to follow to protect your device.
As I said below, we will guide you on how you can protect your USB Drive by using only some simple methods. This tip will consist of protecting by using a password or full encryption method. If you have forgot your drive somewhere, it was teal, or maybe you yourselves you have lost it somewhere and you are scared that your file is being taken by another person and get your private file, by the end of this article you will be absolutely and always be safe as from today.
The simple steps I will share with you people will just consist of 2 methods to protect strongly your USB drive, and it will be achieved just by simple computer manipulation and the using of some specialized software’s. When this will be done, the only mean you will use for getting access to your folder, content or file will be with a secured password just in few clicks we are done. Since password is the highest mean of securing your data, which can be your account, phone, computer etc.
Two methods to secure your file without encryption software
Put a Password on a Document Using Microsoft Office Word. To do this. You need to have the Microsoft office word of any edition installed on your computer.
- When install; Open the document you want to secure
- When open, on the top left side of the document click on file
- Then click on info (information)
- Then you will see three options on the interface protect Document, Inspect Document and Manage Document, since we just want to protect our document, click on the box Protect Document
- There you will click on encrypt with password
- Now you will create a password to secure the document.
Notes the caution of the password says: if you lose or forget the password, it cannot be recovered. It is advisable to keep a list of password and their corresponding document names in a safe place.
(Remember that passwords are case sensitive.)
On extra bonus I can say is that never use the same password to secure all the folders because if someone sees one password Oups! All the rest are eventually unsafe because he just need to use the password that he sow on the rest of the folders to jet access to it.
Put a password on a folder on your USB Drive
We will make use of two popular archive software, like 7-Zip and WinRAR
If you do not have the program yet, click on the link below to download the complete file on the official site.
- After you have downloaded and install the file
- Make a right click on the folder you want to secure
- Select your achieve software
- Click on add and achieve
- Choose the achieve format
- Enter a password
- Then click on OK
Click on the link below to get the complete tutorial on how to secure your folder WinRAR and 7-Zip with screenshots and well explained
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Method to secure with encryption and password software
Having your data protected or encrypted gives you an advantage to be save from many attacks, which can be ransomware, malware or even hacker from getting access to the file. I can even say that it is even mandatory when you have too much personal information or private information on your computer, so encrypt your file to avoid them to be loose.
So below are the selected software encryption to protect with password, which are highly reliable for data protection.
Below are the software I advise you to use to secure your personal information:
1. Diskcryptor.
Diskcryptor is a program that I really appreciate and for that have decided share it with you. Diskcryptor is an open source program that can aid in the encryption of your computer hard drive or a selected partition an as you all know that means that it secure too your personal data from hackers and from any other unauthorized individual.
USB Safeguard is a software that enable users to protect their data by the means of a password that can be on a removal drive as the name says USB Safeguard. It has an algorithm AES with 128 bits key. USB Safeguard has the following function Prevent Data Theft, Efficient against Malware, Prevent Data Loss, and Protect Your Data on your PC hard drive Protect Your USB drive.
3. Rohos
Rohos is a very good encryption software. The software place data in an encrypted and hidden space, it also protect your partition, USB flash, also prevent access to your internet application as well. Even though you have to pay to make use of the entire feature, which is also very advantageous.
Then now the ball is on your side to choice how and which software you will use to protect your private files as from today.
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