How do I password protect data on a CD?
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You can winzip the contents, password protect it and then burn trhe winzip file on a CD. Winzip allows to set a password for zipped files.
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xp, you set up administrator rights that should passworded. W2k and w98 also have easy password controls
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if its a folder u dont rilli need to use soon\nu could always compress it usin win zip\n1.right click folder 2. Send To - Compressed Zipped Folder\n3.right click inside zipped folder 4. add password
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this cd maybe protect of copy or need to clean \ntry to use programes like "VirtualDrive" that copy all the cd data and ignore reading problems
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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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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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I have the perfect solution for you!\nI have a CD that can break Windows XP/2000/NT passwords !\nYou can also search on internet/google for the same CD.\nIt is actually a linux kernel, which boot up the machine and allows you to reset the password. It is specially designed for that purpose. Hope this will give you some hint  :o)
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try passware they have many password crackers there.
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the cd is write protected for most cds are now-a-days... no help on this one sorry bud.
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zip it using winzip and set up a password for it. During the zip process, it will let u hav a choice to set up a password
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Have the Administrator give you rights.\n\nIf he won't, hack into his account using BIOS cracking passwords. The link to most is included in sources.
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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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Make Your Own Copy-Protected CD with Passive Protection\nThursday December 15, 2005 by J. Alex Halderman \nHere’s a great gift idea just in time for the holidays: Make your friends and relatives their very own copy-protected CDs using the same industrial-grade passive protection technology built into XCP and Macrovision discs.\n\nPassive protection exploits subtle differences between the way computers read CDs and the way ordinary CD players do. By changing the layout of data on the CD, it’s sometimes possible to confuse computers without affecting ordinary players — or so the theory goes. In practice, the distinction between computers and CD players is less precise. Older generations of CD copy protection, which relied entirely on passive protection, proved easy to copy in some computers and impossible to play on some CD players. For these reasons, copy protection vendors now use active protection — special software designed to block copying.\n\nDiscs with XCP or Macrovision protection employ active protection in conjunction with a milder form of passive protection. You can create your own CD with exactly the same passive protection by following a straightforward five-step procedure. I’ll describe the procedure here, and then explain why it works.\n\nWhat you’ll need:\n\nA computer running a recent version of Windows (instructions are Windows-specific; perhaps someone will write instructions for MacOS or Linux) \nNero, a popular CD burning application \nCloneCD, an advanced disc duplication utility \nTwo blank recordable CDs \nStep 1: Burn a regular audio CD\n\nStart Nero Burning ROM and create a new Audio CD project. [View] Add the audio tracks that you want to include on your copy-protected disc. [View] When you’re ready to record, click the Burn button on the toolbar. In the Burn tab, make sure “Finalize disc” is unchecked. [View] Insert a blank CD and click Burn. Be careful not to infringe any copyrights! For loads of great music that you can copy legally, visit Creative Commons.\n\nStep 2: Add a data session to the CD\n\nStart another Nero compilation, this time selecting the “CD-ROM ISO” project type. In the Multisession tab, make sure “Start Multisession disc” is selected; and in the ISO tab, make sure Data Mode is set to “Mode 2 / XA”. [View] Add any files that you want to be accessible when the CD is used in a computer. You might include “bonus” content, such as album art and lyrics. [View] For a more professional effect, consider adding the installer for your favorite spyware application and creating an Autorun.inf file so it starts automatically. When you’re finished, click the Burn toolbar button. Insert the audio CD you created in Step 1, and click Burn. [View] Nero should warn you that the disc you’ve inserted is not empty; click Yes to add your data files as a second session. [View]\n\nAt this point, you’ve created a CD that contains both audio tracks and data files. The data files you put on the CD should be visible in Windows Explorer (in My Computer, right click the CD icon and click Open) and the audio tracks should be rippable with your favorite audio player. To add passive copy protection, you’ll need to modify the layout of the data on the disc so that the audio tracks are more difficult to access.\n\nStep 3: Rip the CD as a CloneCD image file\n\nMake sure the CD you just created is still in the drive and start CloneCD. Click the “Read to Image File” button. Select your drive and click Next. Choose “Multimedia Audio CD” and click Next. [View] Select an easy to find location for the image file and click OK to begin ripping.\n\nStep 4: Modify the image file to add passive protection\n\nThe CloneCD image you created in step 3 actually consists of three files with names ending in .CCD, .IMG, and .SUB. The .CCD file describes the layout of the tracks and sessions on the CD. You’ll edit this file to add the passive protection.\n\nStart Windows Notepad and ope
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Put the files into a zip, ace, rar, or tar archive and password protect the archive then place that on the floppy or cd.
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From the WinRAR screen that shows "Archive Name and parameters":\n1) Click on Advanced tab\n2) Click on Set Password\n\nThere you go!\n\nHowever, if you have a file that someone else pasword protected, you either have to know the password or find a program to "crack" it.
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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.
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there isnt a password. You computermight be set up for an admin and the login you have has limited access in XP.