Encryption of USB stick question

Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.

Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt a
USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I would
like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible to read
the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the whole USB
stick.

Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
Kind regards.

Stefan
Sun Sep 09 15:09:59 PDT 2007

Format the stick NTFS and use NTFS encryption.

Export the encryption certificate with a strong password and save it in a
not encyrpted location on the same stick.

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"April" <noreply@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>
> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt
> a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I
> would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible
> to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the
> whole USB stick.
>
> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
> Kind regards.
>

Aaron
Sun Sep 09 18:10:01 PDT 2007

>> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>>
>> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt a
>> USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I would
>> like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible to read
>> the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the whole USB
>> stick.
>>
>> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
>> Kind regards.
>>
>
> True Crypt
> http://www.truecrypt.org/

Freeware from
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/toucan

Lots of other free, portable goodies there too.

--
I'm glad my Mom named me Aaron,
That's what everybody calls me.

S
Mon Sep 10 03:13:29 PDT 2007

Convert the volume to NTFS and use EFS.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *

"April" <noreply@mail.com> wrote in message
news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>
> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt
> a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I
> would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible
> to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the
> whole USB stick.
>
> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
> Kind regards.
>

April
Wed Sep 12 01:02:29 PDT 2007

As per my message to the above person in this conversation, please can you
advise on how to do this. When attempting to format the stick, the only
option is FAT32.

Thank you.

"S. Pidgorny <MVP>" <slavickp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Convert the volume to NTFS and use EFS.
>
> --
> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
> -= F1 is the key =-
>
> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>
> "April" <noreply@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>>
>> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt
>> a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I
>> would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible
>> to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the
>> whole USB stick.
>>
>> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
>> Kind regards.
>>
>
>

April
Wed Sep 12 01:01:57 PDT 2007

Please can you advise on how to do this. When attempting to format the
stick, the only option is FAT32.

Thank you.


"Stefan Engelbert" <stefan@aloaha.com> wrote in message
news:evhMX6y8HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Format the stick NTFS and use NTFS encryption.
>
> Export the encryption certificate with a strong password and save it in a
> not encyrpted location on the same stick.
>
> ---
> http://www.aloaha.com
>
> "April" <noreply@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>>
>> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt
>> a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I
>> would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible
>> to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the
>> whole USB stick.
>>
>> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
>> Kind regards.
>>
>

S
Wed Sep 12 01:31:04 PDT 2007

Format as FAT32, then convert the filesystem from command line:

convert d: /fs:ntfs

(replace d: with your drive letter)

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *



"April" <noreply@mail.com> wrote in message
news:uFktENR9HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> As per my message to the above person in this conversation, please can you
> advise on how to do this. When attempting to format the stick, the only
> option is FAT32.
>
> Thank you.
>
> "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" <slavickp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Uw8PN58HHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Convert the volume to NTFS and use EFS.
>>
>> --
>> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
>> -= F1 is the key =-
>>
>> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>>
>> "April" <noreply@mail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>>>
>>> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to
>>> encrypt a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick
>>> that I would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be
>>> possible to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but
>>> rather the whole USB stick.
>>>
>>> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
>>> Kind regards.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Mostly
Wed Sep 12 07:13:14 PDT 2007

April wrote:
> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>
> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to encrypt a
> USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick that I would
> like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be possible to read
> the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but rather the whole USB
> stick.
>
> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
> Kind regards.
>
>

Are you using Windows XP or Windows 2000?

Stefan
Thu Sep 13 16:44:57 PDT 2007

Hi,

you need to partition your USB Stick before. Per default most Sticks are not
partitioned.
If I remember richt HP has such a tool for download.
Linux is a good choice as well. Maybe you know someone who can quickly
partition your stick.

Stefan

"April" <noreply@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Please can you advise on how to do this. When attempting to format the
> stick, the only option is FAT32.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> "Stefan Engelbert" <stefan@aloaha.com> wrote in message
> news:evhMX6y8HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Format the stick NTFS and use NTFS encryption.
>>
>> Export the encryption certificate with a strong password and save it in a
>> not encyrpted location on the same stick.
>>
>> ---
>> http://www.aloaha.com
>>
>> "April" <noreply@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:OQhv0us8HHA.4420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi, Please advise if this is the incorrect newsgroup for my question.
>>>
>>> Can you please suggest a suitable method / software / freeware to
>>> encrypt a USB stick? There are a number of documents on the USB stick
>>> that I would like to make secure if the stick was lost, it would not be
>>> possible to read the documents. I do not want to encrypt each file but
>>> rather the whole USB stick.
>>>
>>> Thanks, and look forward to your reply.
>>> Kind regards.
>>>
>>
>
>