How to put a password for a flash drive

Protect materials on a flash drive from viewing to unauthorized persons will help the password. We will consider several ways to encrypt memory card from other users.

Rohos Mini Drive. - A free program that reliably protects the flash drives. Passing through this linkYou download the portable version of the utility in Russian. After installing in the tray, an orange icon with a black letter "R" will appear by clicking on which the program will start. In the main menu, you will be offered to encrypt a USB drive or any application on your computer, whether Opera or Skype. Rohos Mini. supports the secake function of individual folders and files. Go to the encryption flash card by clicking the "Encryption USB" button.

Opened window for entering a password. Within a few seconds, the program may not detect the device, wait. As soon as ROHOS recognized flash memory, set the password and click the Create Disc button.

A small window will appear with a request to wait for the disk encryption. The process lasts about 5 minutes, after which the notification of the completion of the operation pops up.

Another partition will appear on the computer as a hard disk with the ROHOS file where you can hide files. Go to the USB flash drive and click the icon Rohos Mini Drive (Portable). A conductor window will open, where you will create a folder that will be protected by a password.

Another way to secure your data is to use the built-in program. BitLocker. Call the removable disk context menu by clicking on the right mouse button, and select Enable BitLocker.

Yusb initializes memory for a few seconds and then opens a window for entering a password. We enter the code and click "Next". The next window prompts you to save or print the key to access the flash card. Choose whether to save the key file, and place the document in the folder where nobody looks.

The key is successfully saved, but it is not the end of the operation. Now we have to encryption of data. Confirm the beginning of the program and wait for completion. To stick 4GB protection process lasted about 15-20 minutes. The result will be a notification of the completion of the work.

Remove the USB-device and reinsert. Following the discovery of the computer will ask for a password. In the closed access to the removable disk icon appears golden padlock. When the correct password is led, lock color changes to silver, and you can perform any operations on a flash drive. Unlocking takes place in a similar way. Call the context menu and select «BitLocker management." This opens a window with the possible actions, among which will change or remove the password.

Quickly put a password on a USB-memory can programm USB Safeguard. The free version of the utility download from the official site. Unlike the paid version is that the encrypted folder to 2 GB with the purchase of the program - up to 16 TB. Place the downloaded file on a flash drive and run.

The program works with NTFS, and most of the removable device has FAT32 root. Safeguard it offers automatic conversion. Press the buttons Next, without worrying about the memory card performance. Then simply click on the shortcut to the program and set the password.

Each program has its own "for" and "against." The most convenient - a USB Safeguard. Reliable - BitLocker. Rohos Mini Drive - shifrovschik good, but not very clear to the user. Select the most suitable way for you.