Create an encrypted drive
Platform : Windows XP, Windows Vista
Type: freeware
Manufacturer: Steganos
Size: 16.4MB
Rating: 4
Verdict:
Good little tool for creating a small secured area on your drive
System Requirements:
Although the security options are available, how many of us bother to set up
multiple accounts on our family computer? We’ll have one account and then let
our kids access the same data, browser and other information that we use to edit
work documents, at home. We also do not protect any of this data so it’s easy
for it to get in to the wrong hands. What happens if your kids turn off your
firewall then leave you unprotected whilst your computer is left online?
The answer is to turn a section of your drive in to a protected and encrypted
area that is only accessible if you know the password required to access the
drive. This might not apply to an internal drive. There’s no reason why you
couldn’t use your 160GB Classic iPod as a portable USB drive and then protected
a section of this drive that is only accessible by yourself, when connected to
your computer.
Steganos Safe One is a free tool that you can use to create an encrypted
drive partition on an internal or external drive. If you can’t remember your
password, why not use an image instead, which is far easier to remember? Either
way, your contents will be encrypted and protected from intruders or
unauthorised users.
Note that the free Steganos Safe One is limited to two 1GB encrypted drives.