Passwording Folders

[olgaportland]

Is there a way to password folders, along with their contents, without going to expensive software. I work at home and want to make entire areas of my hard drive unavailable, without restricting the use of this computer to myself.

 

[aidystew]

You can, but only if you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP. You have to convert the relevant partition to NTFS (you cannot password files on a FAT or FAT32 drive)and then you can right-click the relevant file and an option to protect this file will magically appear!

PS Partition Magic is a particularly good program to change the file structure of a drive without formatting - costs about £40 (i think).

 

[aidystew]

Sorry, when I was talking about files I actually meant folders... I don't think you can protect individual files - although you can apply password protection by zipping them and adding a password to the zip process. I think you can even protect individual files by password through word etc. Not sure how tho'.

 

[msf161]

I'm not sure if you can accomplish what you're trying.
But, in W2K Pro you can set rights for just yourself on those particular folders.

Good luck