Best virtual locker.type.thing. ?

Hi guys n gals,

As i was logging into my new internet bank account, and merrily saving my login details in a .txt file in case i forget them.... when it occured to me that this probably wasnt a very good idea :D
esp as my router firewall is off as it interferes with my torrents :juggle:

Can you lovely people recommend an encrypted folder / bit-locker type thing?

My main concern would be that if windows had one of it's little 'accidents' or if i did a reinstall, the folder would become inaccessible....can you put my mind at rest?

And dont mention writing it down on a4..... i'd lose it in 5 minutes. :)

cheers guys,

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You could use truecrypt to create an encrypted volume, but remember to use a very very strong password.

Ah cheers for that - ive had a look, but cant really work out - can it act like a folder with a password, or is it acting more as an encrypted drive/partition ?

I basically just want to have a folder sat there in explorer, that when i click it brings up a simple password dialog....type, hit enter, and you're in.

Open sauce is obviously preferred, but commercial products are good to know about too....


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Originally Posted by funnelhead

Ah cheers for that - ive had a look, but cant really work out - can it act like a folder with a password, or is it acting more as an encrypted drive/partition ?

I basically just want to have a folder sat there in explorer, that when i click it brings up a simple password dialog....type, hit enter, and you're in.

Open sauce is obviously preferred, but commercial products are good to know about too....


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It's a bit funny at first, but basically you create a "volume" (looks like a file in windows, you can sit it on your desktop) then you mount the volume, and it appears in My computer as a HDD/partition.
Each time you mount it, you have to enter your password.
I've only used it a bit really.

I don't know of any software like you describe, but i bet there's loads on download.com that will be easier to use.:thumbsup:

Can't you just email the password to yourself and you'll never lose it?

no offense arthur, but i think you are missing the point, just a little.

I want to be to keep all my banking logins / passwords / account numbers in a secure fashion. I dont want some hacky nasty type reading all my data, either down my net connection or if my computer is stolen.

Sticking them on a google server hardly qualifies! :tomato:

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buy a USB pen drive (the 4 gig micro from crucial I use is amazing)

hold all your info on that, then encrypt the disk - so you only have to remember 1 password, the encryption.

That's not a bad idea ikonia, i have an old 128mb drive i could implement that with, which would be a fine size for documents etc..

the only thing is, i'd worry about the flash drive getting corrupted as i have seen many do.

With an encrypted folder you could easily have a second copy on a backup disk/networked computer

thanks for the idea though, got me thinking!

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take a copy / regular copy onto a cd drive also - easy to encypt, use the flash drive as a portable copy and the cd as an archive copy.

Lots of options, as you say options to think about and work out what may suit your needs best.