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Daisyfighting
07-14-2010, 12:31 PM
Among the files stored on your USB drive, there may be some files you don’t want others to see. They could be financial documents, school work, or other very personal files. But what happens if someone wants to borrow your USB drive to copy some files?

To refuse, it’s not good to do so and you cannot refuse everyone. To handle this problem forever, you should find a way to lock your confidential data on USB drive while keep the normal files shareable. Now by Wondershare USB Drive Encryption (http://www.disk-utilities.com/usb-encryption/) which can lock USB drive (http://www.disk-utilities.com/usb-encryption/top-3-free-usb-encryption-software-to-lock-usb-drive.html) for your vital data, you can deal with it perfectly.

Wondershare USB Drive Encryption allows you to divide USB drive into secure area and public area. You can store your vital files on secure area and make them only accessible to you with correct password. For your normal files, you can store them public area to keep them shareable with others. You can also hide the locked data on secure area by deleting the access to the encrypted area. And no one will be aware of that you have locked your USB drive.

I’ll show you how to encrypt USB drive (http://www.disk-utilities.com/usb-encryption/) with Wondershare USB Drive Encryption. It’ll be very useful for you. With it, you can keep calm even your USB drive is lost or stolen.

Step 1: Download the protection program and install it in your computer.
Step 2: Start the security software and plug your USB drive in computer.
Step 3: Select the USB drive you want to lock, set the size of secure area according to your needs, and then click Install to lock your USB drive.
Note: We highly suggest you to backup your files on USB drive before step 3 because Wondershare USB drive encryption will automatically discard all your files on USB drive during creating the secure area for your important data.
Step 4: Set up a user name and a password with strong force to lock the USB drive.
The password should be easy for you to remember. And once you forget your password, you’ll never get it back and access to the locked data on your USB drive.

Now your USB drive is locked with a password and a secure area will appear on your locked USB drive for your confidential data. To get your files locked on the locked USB drive, you just need to copy and paste them on the secure area after opening it by password. From then on, you can keep privacy of your data and prevents others from accessing it.

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07-14-2010, 12:39 PM
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