External hard drives are extremely useful because of their portability. Many are taken on the go, especially for any business employee with large or time-sensitive files; they can be taken from home ...

Flash drives, or thumb drives, are portable devices that provide easy access to flash storage. Commonly used to take backups, transfer files between devices, and install operating system images, these ...

The most important rule of password use, especially when used for online logins, is to avoid reusing passwords. From there, one’s method of keeping track of multiple passwords can vary considerably.

If you’re like me, you’ve taken to carrying important data on USB sticks or flash drives. They’re handy, you can use them on any PC, and with built-in encryption even if you lost them it was no big ...

After loosing my USB drive for the first time, I'm now a lot more concerned about the security of my files. Is there a program, or a clever combination of programs and the autorun.inf file that would ...

Overview: Windows PCs can be securely encrypted without BitLocker using powerful third-party tools and built-in EFS ...

Enddylopez asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum about password protecting a flash drive. If a flash drive contains sensitive information–such as bank account statements, credit card ...

The humble USB drive needn't be a security risk if you have the right precautions in place. In an age of online cloud storage, you’d be forgiven for thinking that physical storage media no longer had ...

In this article, I will tell you how to lock your hard drive with a password using windows in-built feature BitLocker. This is a great way to protect your files from prying eyes and keep your system ...