I often travel with work, and most of the times I carry a portable USB HDD (in my case I have a 100GB laptop SATAII HDD, in a Vantec E-SATA / USB enclosure), or a large USB Memory Stick. The USB HDD enclosure basically dock’s into a “docking station” in the PC, which then connects it to the high speed SATA II bus and I can use it as any other Hard Drive in my PC.

When I’m on the move, it works with USB ( I didn’t want to carry an external power supply) and is small and lightweight.

The biggest problem I faced was that a lot of data on the portable HDD was private, and I didn’t want other people to get their hands on it. I carry client’s website projects (for when I want to work on it, or demo it to the clients), photos (for my photography – when I want to show it to someone, work on it, print it, etc), my business’s accounting info, and other private documents.
My friend told me that GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption is an excellent solution to protect your data on USB HDD or memory stick. Then I use this tool to encrypt my HDD,this procedure spends me only 1 mimute,so wonderful!
When on the move, I know that my data on is safe. I can just plug the hard drive / memory stick into another PC, run agent.exe on the USB HDD, mount my secure area and then use my data.

Last night I also encrypted my games Hard Drive on my PC, and soon I’ll be encrypting every other Hard Drive I own, to keep all my data safe from prying eyes & thieves.

I thought about encrypting my hard disks, or at least part of them that contain personal data, for at least one year. I never did it because I thought it would be a lot of work involved. I had to find a good program, one that would offer good encryption algorithms, would be powerful and easy to use.

It should be able to encrypt complete partitions, offer real-time-encryption and hidden partitions. Today, I finally decided to give this a try. I bought a external hard drive, installed the program GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption and used it to encrypt the complete external drive.

It took about one minitue time to format and encrypt the drive which is connect to my pc using usb 2.0. I then moved all files and programs to the encrypted drive which showed up as just another hard drive. One great feature is that I can run programs from the encrypted hard drive, it should not be a problem to run bittorrent, emule, ftp, browsers aso from the encrypted drive. As of now, I did not encounter errors or slow downs.

Another great feature is that GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption’s secure area is a hidden partition inside the encrypted drive. If someone forces you to reveal the content of the drive the hidden partition remains untouched. And no one is able to find out that easily that there is a hidden area inside the revealed area.

GiliSoft USB Stick Encryption comes with a step by step guide. Its really easy to setup and run.Let me know if you try it out and write about your experience using the software.

Hello,
I am looking for a way to protect my flash disk with a password, in case i lose my flsh disk , then somebody happen to find it, woon’t get an access in to my files , i realy want to protect my flash disk but i dont know how,? need ya help. (francoistexas)

Solutions:

(1) Free Software

You can’t make a password for your flash disk, but you can encrypt your data with a program like truecrypt, but your data are no longer accessible only on a PC with that program installed on.

(2) USB Encryption Software

You can use gilisoft usb encryption to encrypt and password protect your usb drives or sticks.

(2) Virtual Disk Encryption Software

You can install a software program like GiliSoft Private Disk on the memory stick and safeguard your data. When you plug your stick into a PC, you run the program from your stick, enter the password and access your data.

(3) Using hardware

There is a Flash Drive pen that has password encryption on the pen.

(4)File  Encryption software

You can allways use GiliSoft File Lock Pro to encrypt your files there.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is a fast and secure encryption and locking software. The program goes beyond protecting your files and folders by securing your hard drives. GiliSoft File Lock Pro is data locking software with a lot of privacy features including encryption, locking, shredding,  portability and auto-protection. All these features fulfill the special need of our customers wanting complete privacy and security.

Installing and using GiliSoft File Lock Pro is very easy. With GiliSoft File Lock Pro, you can lock drives of any size with a single click. It also locks local disks and partitions. You can lock and hide multiple drives and folders with a single click that not only save time but also help you managing data in a password protected drive. All the drives, folders and files locked or encrypted using password locking protection of GiliSoft File Lock Pro are completely safe and secured.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro password protects your data in such a secure way that all protected data cannot be viewed without correct password, no matter how does the hacker try to temper the password locking protection of GiliSoft File Lock Pro. He cannot get into your protected files and folders.

Follow these simple and easy steps to lock drives with GiliSoft File Lock Pro:

• Download GiliSoft File Lock Pro latest version to your PC and install it.

•Right-click the drive you want to lock and select “Lock it” menu item and enter the password of GiliSoft File Lock Pro in the next window.

•If you want to access the locked drive, please double-click the drive as usual and enter the correct password. After the drive’s window  is c losed,the folder will be locked automatically again.

•If you want to unlock the locked drive,you can right-click the drive and click “Unlock it” form menu item.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is a File Folder Encryption software that comes with many privacy protection features and a much easier and better user interface.  The program locks and encrypts your data and prevents any possible hacking and cracking attempt.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is designed to protect your data with its 256-bit AES on-the-fly encryption. Whilst providing this Military standard encryption, it also works as an efficient data locking software and let you lock down your important files and folders in simple, steps.

The program offers a very useful feature that enables you to speedily encrypt or lock files and folders you wish to protect without the need to run GiliSoft File Lock Pro first. Simply right-click a file or folder that you want to protect through context menu, a GiliSoft File Lock Pro’s context menu will appear giving you two options:

• 1. Lock It
• 2. Hide It
• 3. Write-Protected
• 2. Encrypt a copy
• 3. Encrypt it to a .exe

After selecting the protection type, GiliSoft File Lock Pro asks you to set a password either to hide ,lock ,write-protecte a file or to encrypt it to a gfl or exe file.

If you have chosen ‘Lock It’, GiliSoft File Lock Pro will automatically lock this item with password. If you have chosen ‘Encrypt It’, GiliSoft File Lock Pro will show a Encrypt window where you can click the ‘Encrypt’ button to protect that file.  If you have chosen ‘Hide It’,the file ,folder or  disk will disappear at once.If you have chosen ‘Write-Protected’,the file ,folder or  disk will be Prohibit Edit Mode at once.

Enjoy the benefits of feature rich software, GiliSoft File Lock Pro.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is the fastest File Encryption Software that can simultaneously lock and encrypt folders and files, and make them password protected. GiliSoft File Lock Pro is the easiest, fastest, reliable and most convenient software to protect folders and files.

GiliSoft File Lock is designed is such a way that it ensures complete security of your locked files and folders. It is complete data security software with user friendly interface which comprises all the security features under one GUI.

There are two ways to protect folders and files using GiliSoft File Lock Pro. You can either simply lock your files and folders or can encrypt them.

If you simply want to lock folders and files, then GiliSoft File Lock Pro provides you this feature with great ease of use. You can lock down all your data which you think is very important and you want to protect it from casual users. With GiliSoft File Lock Pro you can protect folders and files just by right clicking your files and folders in Explorer and click ‘Lock It’.

You can also encrypt files and folders and make them password protected. Encryption is a fast and a reliable method to hide information and also ensures the complete privacy of information. It also guarantees the full integrity of information.

To lock down your folders and files, you first need to create a *.gfl or *.exe with a password which you can remember easily because if you forget the password of your locker then you will not be able to access your data. Read more to learn how to password protect folders and files.

Folder Lock does not only lock files but also hides folders and files so that no other person can view your data without accessing your files with the correct password.

At GiliSoft International LLC, our team is dedicated to provide the best possible data security solutions at affordable price, so that you can say Good Bye to your privacy worries with GiliSoft File Lock Pro.

GiliSoft Private Disk 2.1 is released at May 10, 2010.

New features:

New UI ,More easier to use.

Features and Benefits:

• All data is stored encrypted within the “Private Disk” container.

• Access to your files on virtual volume on the fly.

• Support for USB Flash Drives.
You can make a portable Private Disk on USB drive.

• The “Private Disk” container can be protected.
No one can delete the Private Disk without password.

More information:

http://www.gilisoft.com/product-private-disk.htm

GiliSoft File Lock lets you hide pictures and password protects them from unauthorized access by your friends, co-workers, kids etc. You can hide pictures and images in any format like jpeg, bmp, gif, png or any other available format.

GiliSoft File Lock uses fast and instantaneous password locking protection to hide your files and guarantees 100% security, so that no one can view your hidden pictures even if he searches your computer for files in these formats or tries any sophisticated software to view these files.

Maintain your privacy with GiliSoft File Lock by hiding your private pictures. The program makes it impossible to access your hidden pictures and images without knowing the right password. All of your protected and locked files will be remain protected and hidden from prying eyes.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro does not only hide your private pictures, it also lets you encrypt and lock files and folders. This is not a normal Windows attribute setting that can easily be breached. It is a sophisticated level of Operating System protection which remains active even if you restart your computer or even when you have ‘Show hidden files’ selected and ‘Hide system protected files’ unchecked in the Windows Explorer’s Folder Options.

If you think the pictures in your hard drive can be examined by forensic departments, you can alternatively encrypt your images, photos and videos instead of just locking them. The program uses most trusted encryption algorithm i.e., 256 bit AES encryption. Since our file encryption software works very fast and requires only few seconds to encrypt files and folders, you have no future headaches.

Furthermore, if you activate Shredding Option, GiliSoft File Lock Pro will delete your original files securely after encrypting it so that they become unrecoverable. To shred it, Please select the file you want to shred > Right click  >  Shred and delete it

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is convenient and reliable locking and file encryption software that uses the most trusted encryption algorithm. You can chose either of the protection method to hide your personal and family photos, videos and other creative material.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro software offers security at two different levels; Encryption and Locking. Both the levels are fast and reliable in password protecting your confidential information and ensure complete privacy of your protected data. GiliSoft File Lock Pro offers 256-bit AES on-the-fly Encryption which is used in United States Military. It is the most trusted encryption algorithm used worldwide and it guarantees the full integrity of encrypted files and folders.

Follow these simple steps to encrypt files and folders:

1: Select the file or the folder which you want to encrypt.
2: Right click the selected file or folder.
3: Click “Encrypt it to a gfl” or “Encrypt to a exe”
4: Set a password for it.

Another software of GiliSoft.com,GiliSoft Private Disk provides a virtual disk encryption way for encrypting data. You can easily create a Private Disk,and open it ,copy data into it ,then close it. Yes,that’s all the encryption procedure.

GiliSoft File Lock Pro is a data locking software offering an efficient and fast password locking protection with an easy to use graphical interface. The program lets you lock files and folders on its existing location without moving or copying them to any other location. It does not only protect your locked files and folders from getting accessed by your kids, room-mate, neighbor and other non-technical users but also let you encrypt them.
You can lock folders and files through context menu of GiliSoft File Lock Pro. When you right-click a file or folder after installing GiliSoft File Lock Pro, you will see a GiliSoft File Lock Pro’s context menu. Digging in this menu, you will find some options that you can perform on your selected files and folders:

• 1. Lock It
• 2. Encrypt It
• 3. Hide It
• 4.Protect It

The options are self explanatory,when you click “Lock It”,GiliSoft File Lock Pro will ask you enter the password of application to lock it.Then anyone can not view the content of locked data without the password.

When you click “Encrypt It”,GiliSoft File Lock Pro will ask you enter the password of application to encrypt it.Then anyone can not view the content of encrypted data without the password.

When you click “Hide It”,GiliSoft File Lock Pro will ask you enter the password of application to hide it.Then anyone can not view the content of hidden data without the password.

When you click “Protect It”,GiliSoft File Lock Pro will ask you enter the password of application to protect it.Then anyone can not edit the content of protected data without the password.

Folders and files locked by any of the above methods are password protected and cannot be accessed using explorer, Windows search or any other search utilities. Hiding feature maintains your privacy, so that no one can get a trace of what you’ve kept in these locked folders.