Password protection software

phatb

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Sep 7, 2003
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HI !
I wonder if anyone knows of any software that would enable me to password protect my CD-R/CD-RW ?
I use WIN XP and ME ...
They talk of WIn XP having this capability but i haven't been able to use it ?
Any help

Thanks
 

DaveSimmons

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Aug 12, 2001
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Are you trying to keep people from using the drive, or trying to keep people from reading files on a CD that you've burned?

Also, be careful about using Windows to encrypt your files, or next month you'll be back here telling us that XP crashed and you can no longer read the files after re-installing Windows :)

Your best choice is probably to use an archive program with good encryption (not standard .zip encryption, it's weak). The latest PKzip and Winzip have added a way to create non-standard zip files with better protection, or you could use WinRAR.

Just be sure to keep good records of the password(s) -- with strong encryption the password-cracking software out there will not work and you could end up with a spindle of CDs you can never read again.
 

Lovehandles

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If you want to password protect files, and if your HDD is formatted NTFS, you can use the built in security feature of NTFS to set passwords on folders and files. However there is no such thing as setting a password on CD-RW drives. Atleast i have not heard about one in WinXP.