How to Password Protect USB Drive?
Folder Lock helps you to password protect USB drive, thumb drive and memory cards to make your data portable and accessible for you. Feel free to access your data anytime anywhere you want with the portability feature of Folder Lock without the need to install Folder Lock on other location, because Folder lock makes it sure that your password protected data is safe and secured on your USB drive, thumb drive or memory card.
By using Folder Lock you can easily password protect your data on any external drive like USB Drive, Thumb drive or memory card, in either of the following two ways.
Method 1
Follow these steps:
- Plug-in your USB drive to your computer.
- Run Folder Lock and click the 'New' tab.
- Click the ‘Browse’ button next to Locker path field and select the USB path from the file browser and choose a file name below.
- Now set and confirm a new password for this locker and click ‘OK’
- To add files and folders you want to protect click 'Add files & folders' and then click 'Encrypt Now'.
Method 2
Another way to password protect USB drive using Folder Lock is to use its ‘Portability’ feature. To protect your USB Drive through this method follows these simple steps:
- Run Folder Lock and enter correct password.
- Click 'Portability' on the left pane.
- Now to choose the transfer method click either 'Move to USB Drive' or 'Copy to USB Drive' depending upon your need and feasibility.
- Now select the USB drive path from the drive selection option to move your Locker to the USB drive.
After going through any of the above two methods, Folder Lock will prompt a Portable Security option for you. If you choose 'Yes', Folder Lock will create an AutoPlay password protection for this drive. An executable FL USB.exe will run automatically whenever you plug-in your USB drive to any computer, and asks you the Locker path and correct password to open your Lockers.
This means you do not have to install Folder Lock again when you move your USB drive from one computer to another. If you have AutoPlay feature disabled, you can run FL USB.exe directly to open your Lockers in your portable drive through any computer. This feature is only available in the full version of Folder Lock.
In the trial version of Folder Lock this feature is disabled. Those users who are using trial version of Folder Lock will have to install Folder Lock again on other computers to open their lockers.
On a computer where Folder Lock is already installed, you can simply plug in the USB Drive and double click the Locker or browse the Locker Path and then enter your password to get full access to your files and folders protected inside the Locker.
