Password protecting an NTFS drive

[tbcomputer]

Hi,

I have a 10 GIG in a USB 2.0 external hard drive enclosure. The drive is formatted with NTFS file system. Is there any way I can password protect this drive in "my computer"? Or any of the files it contains?? I am running XP Pro. Any help is much appreciated... Thanks

 

[smah]

If you disable Simple File Sharing, you can set user permissions. While not quite the same as passowrd protection, this will allow only authorized users access to the files. For more info, use XP's Help and Support to look for 'Simple File Sharing' and 'permissions'. This will give you lots of good info to work with. If you further want to protect the drive, you can use the Encrypting File System. Again use XP's Help and Support to look for 'EFS'. If you do use EFS, make sure you make a backup of your encryption certificate and private key.

 

[tbcomputer]

Thanks Smah for your help..