Secure a regular flash drive

[Go Pack Go]

Is it possible to secure, encrypt, password-protect a regular flash drive that comes with none of that stuff already?

[DavidR]

I haven't tried so I don't know off hand, but I suspect it could be done. My friend google might know better, a straight copy of some of your question returns many hits. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=secure%2C+encrypt%2C+password-protect+a+regular+flash+drive

You could tweak the search, excluding punctuation the hyphen and 'a regular' e.g. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=secure+encrypt+password+protect+flash+drive, its surprising what you can find with a good search string

[Lisandro]

Is it possible to secure, encrypt, password-protect a regular flash drive that comes with none of that stuff already?

Yes. Use TrueCrypt to create an encrypted file or to encrypt the whole device.
www.truecrypt.org

[Go Pack Go]

Yes. Use TrueCrypt to create an encrypted file or to encrypt the whole device.
www.truecrypt.org

I went on truecrypt.org and, if I read correctly, if I were to use TrueCrypt to encrypt my USB flash drive, I would need to be running on a Administrator account to access it.  So if I were on a limited rights account, I wouldn't be able to access it right?

[DavidR]

That is one of the problems with encrypting USB pen drives the need to be running an account with admin privileges. I believe there are a couple of options that don't require it (don't know of the top of my head), try modifying the google search relating to administrator and see if it reveals anything.

[Lisandro]

I went on truecrypt.org and, if I read correctly, if I were to use TrueCrypt to encrypt my USB flash drive, I would need to be running on a Administrator account to access it.  So if I were on a limited rights account, I wouldn't be able to access it right?

To install the driver you should be an administrator, yes, it's a limitation of using drivers. But I think this occur only if you encrypt the whole device. You still can create a file and have the program in the USB to decrypt that file (a big one, like a storage).

[Go Pack Go]

I may have misunderstood when I was reading their FAQ, (It is like trying to read a foreign language for me.) but it sounded like if I were to encrypt the USB drive, then plug it in to a pc that I am using under a limited rights account, the driver needed wouldn't work right.  Am I wrong on this?

[Lisandro]

I may have misunderstood when I was reading their FAQ, (It is like trying to read a foreign language for me.) but it sounded like if I were to encrypt the USB drive, then plug it in to a pc that I am using under a limited rights account, the driver needed wouldn't work right.  Am I wrong on this?

No, you're right.
To load into a non-admin account you need to use an encrypted file into the USB (you can also copy the necessary files to the USB to work with TrueCrypt in a portable version).