Can one encrypt an entire hard disk with Windows XP Professional?
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Not very practically.  If you want to do more than say a folder take a look at this\n\nhttp://www.truecrypt.org/\n\nGota love open source.
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loganathan, hi!\n\nonce your PC has booted the OS, and you're inside XP, you cannot barr access to a particular drive.  if there are a few folders you want to block access to, try zipping it using WinZip, and password protect them.  anybody trying to Unzip it will need to know the password.\n\nto protect your PC from being booted, you can hit the TAB key in the first 5-10seconds when your PC is booting up.  inside the CMOS options, go to security, and set a boot-up password.\n\nthis will mean that no one can even get into your PC, and all your drives will be safe.\n\nhope this helped...\n\nenjoy!
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Not sure what you are asking. But to make an image of your harddrive use Norton Ghost.
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See the first answer. It is detailed and good. But care must be taken so that u decrypt ur data before u reinstall or format drive. The encrypt option in Xp uses ur userid (not username) a kind of string like {hhds67-jjds6-hh47-nns-dsf}. u cannot obtain same id even if u reinstall it. every user has differrnt id. So if u fail to decrypt the data before reinstalltion u may loose ur data forever. There are some work aounds for this but not easy to do.\n\nBetter way is to use any freely available file compression utility and zip ur file with a password. some shareware utils like winzip and winrar gives u 128bit encryption which is strong enough.\n\nanyway u can use first method if ur so sure about the stability of ur system
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It looks incredible. I think what you are talking about is backing up of files using powerful encryption method. The one which has this power is the UltimateZip that I'm using. If you want you can verify it at the following website: www.ultimatezip.com
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Not sure why you want to avoid an "encrypted zone" on your HD??? You could drag a folder/file in there and poof, encrypted!\nSuggest you look at the following...\nhttp://www.cypherix.co.uk/downloads.htm\nhttp://www.truecrypt.org/
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Yes:\nhttp://www.funponsel.com/blog/archives/2005/08/06/how-to-bypass-windows-genuine-advantage-check-on-windows-xp/
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Use ZipGenius to encrypt and zip with password. After installing zipgenius, right click file or folder to be zipped. Zip it, then right click the zip and convert to encrypted file in zipgenius line in the right click menu.\n\nThis may protect your files to some extent. Nothing is foolproof.
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Use password encryption with 128 bit cypher strength on all of the files. That will give them a hard way to go!
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yes\nseveral ways, winzip allows you to encrypt files and folders, and there are alot of other programs and settings out there to do this.  \ngo to www.download.com and look around
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I would highly recommend CasperXP. It's saved me a few times now and makes a complete bootable clone of the disk. The best thing is that it can backup whilst you are still using XP and has smart clone technology so that on subsequent backups it will only backup changed sectors of the hard disk reducing backup time considerably. It will work with external USB hard disks.
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You will have to encrypt all folders. Right click your C driver folder, and tick the encypted checkbox.
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Go into DOS and type in C:&#92;format\n\nIt'll ask if you're sure, and you say yes.\n\nHD manufacturers have a small program you can download to write 0s over the entire drive, ensuring that no data can be recovered - run that program after formatting off of a floppy disk, and it should be totally erased.\n\nAlternatively, there are a TON of programs that offer to completely erase hard drives - I have no experience with those, however.\n\nGood luck!
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Under Windows XP your PC will compress old files automatically.\n\n\nTo display encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color\nOpen Folder Options in Control Panel. \nClick Start, and then click Control Panel.\nDouble-click Folder Options.\nOn the View tab, select the Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color check box. \n Note\n\nWhen you select this option, the names of encrypted or compressed NTFS files and folders will be displayed in a different color in the folder. \nRelated Topics
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windows xp pro has added security and additional encryptions for pc users to secure their privacy whether it may be financial documents or among other things that may require typing of passowrds just to get to the place that you're in
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Here's a great 'how to'\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php\n\n///
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Your choice - you encrypt under "Tools" or you can password it or you can use a third-party encryption tool.\n\nKnow that password protection can be cracked with the proper tool. Encryption is a bit harder. On the other hand, most thieves are after the machine itself and not the data.