There are a number of flash drive encryption programs available. TrueCrypt is a free program that is available at truecrypt.org. Aloha, John On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Col Paterson wrote: > G'day Friends, Happy Australia Day. May I ask of the many people on this > list who use these USB Thumb Drives, Flash drives whatever you may call > them, ever been able to secure the information on one by way of a P.I.N or > Password. I have been told that one must buy a particular brand that comes > with a software disc to enable just this and also to partition the drive. > Presumably there will be an extra cost for this it's a thought that occurred > to me when mine fell off my keyring into the river, as it had previously > been through the washing machine cycle and survived I'm now a little > concerned that if anyone finds it they will have no trouble reading my > content. > > Allabest > > Col > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Aloha to you John, and thank you for your prompt reply. Am I understanding this excerpt correctly where it says I need a later version of Windows than XP SP3 to install this on a USB thumb drive? (excerpt from Portable True Crypt) AutoRun Configuration (autorun.inf) In this section, you can configure the 'traveler disk' to automatically start TrueCrypt or mount a specified TrueCrypt volume when the 'traveler disk' is inserted. This is accomplished by creating a special script file called 'autorun.inf' on the traveler disk. This file is automatically executed by the operating system each time the 'traveler disk' is inserted. Note, however, that this feature only works for removable storage devices such as CD/DVD (Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or a later version of Windows is required for this feature to work on USB memory sticks) and only when it is enabled in the operating system. " Thanks again Col