USB Password Protect Software

A friend of mine lost his USB Drive some time ago and is, to this day, absolutely beside himself with worry.

The information on his drive included sensitive customer confidential information, financial records of his current investment deals and a personal journal he’d been keeping – which was a very honest blow-by-blow record of his life.

He lost that drive over 2 years ago and the unsecured drive is still missing. Not a day goes by where he wonders if he’ll find his most private information (or that of his customers) splattered all over the internet.

So I thought there has to be a way to protect my valuable data whilst still having the convenience of an easy to use USB Flash Drive.

After countless hours of searching on the internet and speaking to computer shops, it seemed there was no proven method available of securing the information on my flash drive.

I even tried some "freeware" and "shareware" programs, but many crashed my machine and one even DESTROYED the files I was trying to protect!

Never being one to give up I spoke to more and more electronic retailers and computer shops, searching for that perfect solution.

After the 14th store owner told me to "just be careful and don’t leave your flash drive around" I decided enough was enough and I was personally going to do something about this!

It had to be simple to use, easy to run, and had to allow me to type in a "hint" for my password that only I would know, to help me remember what password I had used to lock the files in the first place!

It also had to run on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista, as I carry my USB Flash Drive everywhere…