Comments on: How to encrypt your USB flash drive

By: George

George — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:29:50 +0000

I am looking for the posting on how to export ESF certificates from one computer to another.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:43:22 +0000

“Next week, I’ll talk about how you can export the EFS certificate from one computer to another, so that you can view the files on more than one PC. Enjoy!” I can’t find this posting. Or is it still coming?

Same query – January 2010

By: mike

mike — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:21:00 +0000

The best software to encrypt your USB stick is TrueCrypt. It’s super secure and easy to setup.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:13:45 +0000

The thing with Bitlocker is it doesn’t work with older Windows computers, so if you carry your USB flash drive around eventually you will not be able to use it on an older PC.

I currently use WinEncrypt (http://www.winencrypt.com) CryptArchiver, it works on all Windows versions, and is portable so it’s fully installed on the drive itself. I believe you can use different types of encryption, and it adds an encrypted vault in ‘My Computer’.

Best part is it’s simpler and faster than TC, my Granny uses it regularly.. in fact she introduced me to it – now how often can I say that?

By: bobby.tables

bobby.tables — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:03:22 +0000

I use TrueCrypt for encrypting my USB drives. It’s free, it’s for multiple OS and it’s Open Source so there are no back doors etc. There is also a portable version so you can put it on the drive as well to be able to open the encrypted files later even if TrueCrypt is not installed.

By: John Glenn

John Glenn — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:23:52 +0000

You could also use Truecrypt in portable mode (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/truecrypt-portable)

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:30:42 +0000

I thinks this method is quite easy for securing a flash drive, but if you want something more secure, then you should pay for it.

softry.com/reviews/securityaprivacy/152-encrypt-your-usb-drives.html

By: paone

paone — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:26:41 +0000

thanx……..how to partition a USB flash drive???

By: Bev

Bev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:21:41 +0000

By: Sajok

Sajok — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:48 +0000

Free encryption utility I also find useful for Windows users is Rohos Mini Drive – easily creates password protected encrypted volume to store sensitive data. Great tool for students.

By: sensiguard

sensiguard — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:35:27 +0000

hey thanks for sharing with us..very informative.

By: naraiz

naraiz — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:52:20 +0000

This is a wonderful tip! I followed the instructions and now I have an encrypted folder on my thumb-drive. Thank you very much. I look forward to next weeks tip on opening the files up on another computer.

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By: Jennifer Pham

Jennifer Pham — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:23 +0000

Does this tip only work for Windows XP? thanks

By: George huang

George huang — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:27:17 +0000

Very good! This is an excellent way to store encrypted data on a USB drive!