Is it possible to password protect a whole harddrive in windows?

[chiwawa626]

Is it possible to password protect a whole harddrive in windows?
Like i bootup on my C drive and get in windows , but have restricted access to D:?

 

[Thyme]

What version of windows are you using?

 

[chiwawa626]

win2k, also im wondering if its not built in, is there a third party software forthis?

 

[Sugadaddy]

My computer->right click the drive-> properties ->security tab...

 

[chiwawa626]

ther is no security tab
?

 

[bacillus]

you could set hdd D to none in bios & then password protect bios so that only you can set that hdd to autodetect after entering your password!

 

[Gunbuster]

NTFS

 

[vegetation]

If your drives are formatted with fat32, then there is no way to achieve full security. 3rd party apps can be easily defeated. The only solution is to use NTFS.

 

[crazyjoekuta]

security is under properties of your hd

 

[Sugadaddy]

the security tab will only appear if you're using NTFS.

 

[Wizkid]

Or just use the PGP Disk program. It will store an encrypted file on the hard drive that can be mounted and then accessed as if it was a real hard drive. This will provide a very good level of protection from reading, however without other security someone could just delete that file.

Windows 2000 has something called EFS. To use it format the drive as ntfs and then click on the folders/files you want to protect, choose properties -> advanced (button) -> encrypt. Just make sure you backup the key used for encrypting otherwise you will never be able to get the data back if windows dies unexpectedly on you.

 

[pulpp]

yup, PGPDisk is very secure, easy to use and its freeware.