Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

preventing people from snooping around your external hard dr

Apr 23, 2006 12:43AM PDT

I rent a room in a house for 3 and I always get this feeling that someone is snooping around my external HD by plugging the HD into their laptop when I am not home.

How can i password protect the HD or show only certain files? Encrypting a 250 gig HD sounds like it takes forever so perhaps it is not a considered option?

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
One of the first rules...
Apr 23, 2006 1:11AM PDT
- Collapse -
Making it unavailable is the best way...alternatively
Apr 23, 2006 12:43PM PDT

you could password protect sensitive files but going beyond to encryption can be really dangerous if you forget the PW or the disk becomes corrupt.

VAPCMD