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Can I put a password on a USB Flash Drive?

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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    Yeah start > search was in the hope that you actually had moved them onto your system, it will not list deleted files

    You said you looked at the other program I posted a link to but couldn't understand it, does that mean you installed it on your system?
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

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  • 10past6
    10past6 Posts: 4,962 Forumite
    tradetime wrote: »
    You said you looked at the other program I posted a link to but couldn't understand it, does that mean you installed it on your system?
    Yes trade I looked at it but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from by now :rotfl:
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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    10past6 wrote: »
    Yes trade I looked at it but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from by now :rotfl:
    Ok it looks like we may need to fire that up then if you have it installed.
    When you launch the program it asks you to select a language which is self explanitory, then there is a screen that tells you what it does, just hit the red X and get rid of that

    On the main screen, there are a series of Icons down the side, first click the top one if you hover you mouse over it says "Open Drive"
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    10past6 wrote: »
    Yes, I'm on the laptop now, although the desktop is on, but I don't have those missing files / folders on here.

    OH you have a laptop, sorry I missed this post, try downloading Loaners program to that one, it doesn't install anything so it doesn't make a mess. Unzip the loader

    Plug your usb into it and try scanning it on there
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
  • 10past6
    10past6 Posts: 4,962 Forumite
    tradetime wrote: »
    OH you have a laptop, sorry I missed this post, try downloading Loaners program to that one, it doesn't install anything so it doesn't make a mess. Unzip the loader

    Plug your usb into it and try scanning it on there
    trade, loaners post re that programme has been removed from this thread, hummmm, I noticed yesterday several posts within this thread keep being removed.

    As for the USB, OK, I've plugged it into my laptop gone into my computer and the USB is showing under drive G:, which is the drive I tried transferring everything yesterday.
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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    As for the USB, OK, I've plugged it into my laptop gone into my computer and the USB is showing under drive G:, which is the drive I tried transferring everything yesterday.
    Yeah don't worry too much about what the drive letter is windows will assign the next available letter to a drive as it's attached, so your usb could have different letters on different computers depending on what is already in use.

    I don't actually hold outmuch hope for getting them off the usb as truecrypts format could have overwritten them and your just seeing an old directory listing
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

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  • 10past6
    10past6 Posts: 4,962 Forumite
    OK trade, so here's where I'm at

    I've managed to get into the programme loaner mentioned, got the folders, tried saving them to C: crashed again, so, saved them to the desktop, done, all OK but, when I try to open all the folders the message is sying folder empty
    Click here for Martins (MSE) advice on who to contact with Debt Issues - YOU HAVE NO REASON TO USE A FEE PAYING DEBT MANAGEMENT COMPANY- THEY CANNOT DO ANYMORE FOR YOU THAN THOSE LISTED IN MY LINK ABOVE.

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  • 10past6
    10past6 Posts: 4,962 Forumite
    loaner wrote: »
    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html


    http://www.recuva.com/

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=free+undelete&btnG=Search&meta=
    Thx loaner, I've managed to get the folders now, but looks like the files within them have been deleted.
    Click here for Martins (MSE) advice on who to contact with Debt Issues - YOU HAVE NO REASON TO USE A FEE PAYING DEBT MANAGEMENT COMPANY- THEY CANNOT DO ANYMORE FOR YOU THAN THOSE LISTED IN MY LINK ABOVE.

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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    10past6 wrote: »
    OK trade, so here's where I'm at

    I've managed to get into the programme loaner mentioned, got the folders, tried saving them to C: crashed again, so, saved them to the desktop, done, all OK but, when I try to open all the folders the message is sying folder empty

    Ok was afraid of that, when files are deleted with windows delete command it simply removes the instructions for windows to find the file, in essence the file itself remains on the drive but windows sees it as empty space, it will stay there until overwritten which creating the encrypted container would have done
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    Then it will be back to the main PC to try the other program and see if we can find them on your C drive
    When you launch the program it asks you to select a language which is self explanitory, then there is a screen that tells you what it does, just hit the red X and get rid of that

    On the main screen, there are a series of Icons down the side, first click the top one if you hover you mouse over it says "Open Drive"
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
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