3 Ways to Password Protect Your Pen Drive | USB Password

Pen drives or USB sticks  are easy ways for data transfer between the computers. Any device with USB facility can access the pen drive. Even the mobile phones now a days have the ability to read USB sticks. However, as they are small , we lost them easily. But what about the files on that pen drive? Are they protected? What if you are carrying sensitive data or some personal data? Anybody who finds the pen drive may misuse it. So you Pen drive must be protected so that no body can alter or use the files that you have on that USB stick.

You can not simply put a password on the Pen drive. However, you may use some tools to password protect your USB drive.  

Here are 3 ways to password protect your data in the pen drive:-

Password Protect with USB safeguard

1. USB SafeGuard - USB safegaurd is a small tool which you can download it from internet. Once you download the file, copy the file to your flash drive. Once you run the file, you can set the password. To open the flash drive again , you need to run the same file again and enter your password. This way you can lock the pen drive.It remembers it's last status so you don't need to worry about that thing. 



Password Protect Your pen drive with Rohos Mini Drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













2. Encrypt Your Pen Drive with Rohos Mini Drive - Many tools require administrative rights for password encryption however Rohos mini drive is one of the best tools which do not require administrative rights. The free version can create hidden and encrypted partition up to 2 GB on your pen drive.It uses an automatic on the fly encryption for USB drives. There are no drivers needed to be installed on the system. You can use your pen drive anywhere by entering the password using Rohos Mini Drive. If you need to encrypt more than 2 GB, then you should purchase the Rohos mind drive.

     3. Enter Password in your document file manually - Do you know you can enter password in the Microsoft word and Microsoft excel files right from inside the tools section. Here is a step by step procedure as how to encrypt the document file with password.

• Click on Tools.
• Go to options.
• Now, Click on Security Tab.
• Now Enter the password to open.
• Click OK and you are done. Your file is now encrypted.

 Now, whenever you try to open the file, it will ask for password. Enter the password. This way you keep your file safe in your USB drive and no body can open it without knowing the password.