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[salfordred]

I am having a few problems with my PC. Modem and hard drive. My PC is under warranty so I intend to send it off to be fixed. I have a second hard drive which only has games installed and work files, so there is no need for it to be messed with. I would like to know if anybody knows of a way that I can stop access to my 2nd hard drive when it gets sent off. Some sort of password protection or something. I do not want to remove it.

Thanks

 

[JohnS9051]

Here are a couple of websites that may have what you are looking for:

http://www.iconlockit.com/

http://www.norman.com/products.shtml

I don't know how secure they make your data. Will they stop someone from starting your system with a bootable floppy and then access your info, format the drive, or delete the partition?
The software or hardware that makes your data really secure is designed for organizations with sensitive data and is often quite expensive.

The above software products will keep the honest people honest, but someone with devious intentions can probably work around it and you would just be daring them to try.

If you don't trust the people you are sending your computer to, the best solution would be to remove the drive.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

John

 

[ceh4702]

Might want to encrypt it with a password. Never tried it myself. Might be possible to back up all the files in a condensed backup file like a self extracting zip file and destroy the original files. Most people wouldn't bother reading a zip file like that. They would just assume it is some game you downloaded or some freeware program like netscape or IE5. Could even call it something you already downloaded and installed. Windows has backup software in the operating system, but you may have to install it in add programs section of the control panel.

All of these ideas could cause a loss of data.

If you can FTP the files to a server on the internet that allows you to store web page files you could probably do that and get it back later. Many sites allow you to store 5 meg to 20 meg of web pages for free. I had some pictrures stored on a web site once and I reformatted my computer and went back and retreived them. If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.