Can I put a password on a USB Flash Drive?

tradetime

When you select Extract the program will offer to extract the contents to a folder called Truecrypt in what ever directory you are in eg I have a folder called Downloads on my desktop, for the purpose of downloading software etc. So I download Truecrypt there, when I extract it offers to create the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Desktop\Downloads\Truecrypt which is fine (you probably could actually extract it to you USB pen since that is where you are going to move it all next, but I just followed he instruction as was.

10past6

Hi trade

I extratced it to the drive, it then said double click on .exe in the drive, I can see truecrypt in the drive but I can't see truecrypt.exe.

tradetime

10past6 wrote: »

Hi trade

I extratced it to the drive, it then said double click on .exe in the drive, I can see truecrypt in the drive but I can't see truecrypt.exe.

The folder created by the extraction called TrueCrypt is here
TrueCrypt.exe can be clearly seen on the right.

10past6

OK, I'm almost complete now, I'm at the final stage within the tutuorial I'm here: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=tutorial

Not sure what I should do now, I tried to remove the USB and it says cannot be removed, try later, any idea what should I be clicking in that fianl box?

tradetime

10past6 wrote: »

OK, I'm almost complete now, I'm at the final stage within the tutuorial I'm here: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=tutorial

Not sure what I should do now, I tried to remove the USB and it says cannot be removed, try later, any idea what should I be clicking in that fianl box?

Ok I assume the "final stage" is "Final Stage" in that tutorial, you have created you volume and you have mounted it. In order to remove the drive you need to dismount the volume as it shows, and possibly right click on the usb storage device icon in your task bar and select "safely remove hardware" and stop the drive, then you should get a message that says it is safe to remove device.

10past6

OK Trade

I've gone wrong somewhere, I managed to unplug the USB, rebooted my system, inserted the USB, gone back into the drive, but it's not asked for a password.

buglawton

Note that I wrote a Truecrypt vs Rohos comparison in post # 40
Rohos is usable by complete novices so long as you train yourself to click the Disconnect option before unplugging your drive. It allows read only mode for non-admin users.

Oh, and what 10past6 reports above - that you don't get prompted for a password - can happen, this is the niggly bit about Truecrypt, getting it to Auto-mount from the correct file name you put your partition in, and ask for the pw without fuss.

I get get it to happen by opening the disk with the Truecrypt icon from My Computer, then dragging the file (it will be the one with the big size) onto the blue Truecrypt icon.

Now, if only the MOD, Inland Revenue et al were to go to the same trouble as us MoneySavingExperts!

tradetime

10past6 wrote: »

OK Trade

I've gone wrong somewhere, I managed to unplug the USB, rebooted my system, inserted the USB, gone back into the drive, but it's not asked for a password.

Ok if you followed his suggestion in the tutorial I posted, I know you were following the Truecrypt tutorial, but it would have worked out the same then you did not encrypt the whole usb drive, but would have put an encrypted container on it, so you can open the drive without being challenged for a password, there should now be a file on there of whatever size you created and it would be this you would need a password to open.
At step 7 of the tutorial what was the location you created the trucrypt volume in?
They had \My Documents\My Volume
What did you put there?

10past6

tradetime wrote: »

What did you put there?

E: (that's what the USB was in) but then when it asked to be mounted I selected F:

*All my files & folders have transfered over from E: to F:*

10past6

loaner wrote: »

What is your current issue? Do you have the encrypted volume on there now?

I believe I've I have it, but when I insert the the USB, and enter the drive, it's not asking for a password.