Comments on: How can I password protect a USB hard disk or flash drive on Linux and Windows?

By: Tairshok

Tairshok — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:08:00 +0000

What if it was a non-pdf documents on an ebook reader. I do understand that pdf can be password protected, but what about the other formats!!
I think this is a big problem with these book readers, they are unsecured and you can not encrypt a book because you will not be able to read it .

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:18:00 +0000

If you can’t be bothered to learn and use an encryption utility Truecrypt, then there’s no real solution to your problem unless you’re willing to buy hardware encrypted USBs like IronKey. I’ve been using Truecrypt with USBs for three years and have no problem making weekly backups.

By: Vitaly Gusarov

Vitaly Gusarov — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:39:00 +0000

Really the best choice!

By: pceasies

pceasies — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:51:00 +0000

If you don’t use encryption then someone can still access your file without the password. I’d say TrueCrypt is your best bet. You’d either have to install it and convert the whole drive or copy it over and make a volume.