Hi. I have 2 hdd. One disk is drive c the other one is drive d. is this what you call partition? can i put a password on the other drive (drive d) so i'm the only one who can access it? thanks..

Chery

Hi, if you have 2 HDDs that does not mean you have two partitions. One HDD can have two or more partitions, depending on the GB size. And you can password both HDDs any way you choose. But be patient, you'll get advice from fredg, and scott pretty soon - they (in my opinion) are worth listening to. Good luck.

ScottGem

A partition is a logical division of a physical drive. Each physical drive has at least one partition which is assigned a drive letter. A physcial drive can have many parititions if you want.

Whether you can password protect a drive depends on what version of Windows you have or whether you use 3rd party software. Please write back with your version of Windows and we can advise further.

P.S. to Chery, well at least one of us is worth the listening to. The other needs to be verified first

Chery

Hey Mami... I told you you'd get help. Keep asking any questions, and ask for clarification if you don't understand it all, you'll get all the help you need here.


P.S. Scott, I knew you'd not let me down, bless you!.

mami11

Hi! Thanks for the info. I'm using windows XP prof. how can i put a password on the drive so my siblings cannot access drive d:?

Chery

You would have to password the entire harddrive thru the initial 'setup' by pressing eithe F4 or F8 during bootup, then check yes on password options. Depending you your children's ages and the things you want to protect on you C: drive, that's the best way. You will have to password also, but we all have to use passwords of sime kind now a days. Or, you sign on as administrator, and set up new 'accounts' for your kids with their own passwords and privileges - for that, check the help section of your windows it will explain what you should be able to restrict for others. You should have all the documentation handy. Good luck.

fredg

Hi,
As has been stated, you have two hard drives. This isn't the same as two partitions.
If you are interested in setting up passwords, here is a link:

http://www.aux.uwm.edu/sandburg/cont...rds_for_xp.htm

This link explains, with pictures, how to set up passwords, for both XP Home and Pro.
Best wishes,
fredg

StuMegu

Fred's post tells you how to create passwords for each logon account on your computer. You will need to do this first.

To protect the contents of a drive from being accessed you need to use group policy. That is quite technical what I suggest is to create a folder on D drive with all your stuff in and protect that instead. Unfortunately, this will only work if your d drive is formatted in NTFS.

To check this go to my computer, right click d drive and left click properties. Under the general tab, you will find "File system:" this will either be FAT32 or NTFS.

If it is currently FAT32 you need to convert it, But do a BACKUP first.

To convert to NTFS click start -> run -> type "cmd" and press Return

This opens a Command prompt window (black)

then (with no other programs running) type "convert d: /FS:NTFS" (without the quotes)

This will begin the process of converting your drive!

When you have a NTFS drive create your folder as normal in my computer or windows explorer etc.

With the folder created right click it and select "properties"

Go to the security tab

Here you will see the current permissions for the folder. Use the "add" and "remove" buttons to set the permissions how you like.

This folder is now protected!

As I said, you can protect the drive but I reccomend this method first. If this is not suitable, post back and I will explain the Drive method.