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abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 09:52 PM
i had a thread yesterday bout putting my 30 gb drive in a rack. now, the drive is fine, i want to make it so that u have to enter a password to go into the drive, like open it from My Computer. i thnk there should be some kind of security setting to do this. anyone wanna help?
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:06 PM
i use Speedfan to tell my comp temps. now, it picks up another hd, but it only displays the temp of my fixed hd, the 120 gb one. r there any good softwre that will show both hd's temps?
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:27 PM
bump. anyone wanna help? any mods... lamsey? help? please?
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:41 PM
Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@21 October 2003 - 21:52
i had a thread yesterday bout putting my 30 gb drive in a rack. now, the drive is fine, i want to make it so that u have to enter a password to go into the drive, like open it from My Computer. i thnk there should be some kind of security setting to do this. anyone wanna help?
please? i&#39;m gonna cry :&#39;( :&#39;( :&#39;( >_< :wacko: :unsure: :blink: :huh:
zapjb
10-21-2003, 10:48 PM
Believe I told you yesterday. DTemp
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:49 PM
Originally posted by zapjb@21 October 2003 - 22:48
Believe I told you yesterday. DTemp
ok, i&#39;ll check that out. now how can i lock the hd?
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by zapjb@21 October 2003 - 22:48
Believe I told you yesterday. DTemp
it only displays the temp for 1 hd... hmm....
zapjb
10-21-2003, 11:21 PM
Thats weird. Did you try copying it & executing it again? So you have 2 DTemp.exe&#39;s.
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 11:22 PM
Originally posted by zapjb@21 October 2003 - 23:21
Thats weird. Did you try copying it & executing it again? So you have 2 DTemp.exe&#39;s.
actually, i&#39;m not that worried bout the temps. can u or anyone answer my question about the locking password thing. please?
Wolfmight
10-21-2003, 11:26 PM
You can Use Magic Folders for hideing a 2nd HD.. (install it to your windows one). It will hide, scramble, and encrypt your files so even HD scanners wont be able to pick them up. (good scanners will pick up Garbled Filenames that are Read-only.. that&#39;s better than having them showing. ;) )
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 11:27 PM
Originally posted by Wolfmight@21 October 2003 - 23:26
You can Use Magic Folders for hideing a 2nd HD.. (install it to your windows one). It will hide, scramble, and encrypt your files so even HD scanners wont be able to pick them up. (good scanners will pick up Garbled Filenames that are Read-only.. that&#39;s better than having them showing. ;) )
finally. thanks man, i&#39;ll check it out.
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 11:29 PM
Originally posted by Wolfmight@21 October 2003 - 23:26
You can Use Magic Folders for hideing a 2nd HD.. (install it to your windows one). It will hide, scramble, and encrypt your files so even HD scanners wont be able to pick them up. (good scanners will pick up Garbled Filenames that are Read-only.. that&#39;s better than having them showing. ;) )
its asking for a password to use the master account... huh?
zapjb
10-21-2003, 11:34 PM
I read this the other day. It might be of help. HDD when shipped, the arm, similar to a phonograph needle is retracted & locked. I don&#39;t what the command is. But I would think this offer simple protection against all but a few who know this command.
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 11:42 PM
OMG. THIS SHIT IS AMAZING&#33;&#33;&#33; MAGIC FOLDERS IS AWESOME. THANKS A LOT DUDE. U SAVED MY LIFE. SO IF SOME HACKER BROKE IN, HE WON&#39;T BE ABLE TO C THE FOLDERS?

and where do i get a key?
Lamsey
10-21-2003, 11:49 PM
OK, this is entirely a software question now that you&#39;re not interested in the HD temperature monitor.

Wheech.
abu_has_the_power
10-21-2003, 11:49 PM
ok, nvm. omg, thanks a lot wolfmight. u da man
nikita69
10-22-2003, 12:32 AM
yes Magic Folders is a great tool, yet a hacker can still access it, if u wanna hide it even more, u should&#39;ve created hidden partition (with encryption) of that drive, like 95% of it.

I have a tool that I got from someone I know at Western Digital, it&#39;s a big program and works only WD. However, I&#39;m certain that there are similar to it for diff manuf.
abu_has_the_power
10-22-2003, 12:54 AM
so people like riaa and mpaa won&#39;t c it then? i have a maxtor 120 gb and the one i&#39;m trying to encrypt is a western digital caviar. will the wd work with the soft ur talking about?
nikita69
10-22-2003, 01:19 AM
I have a little tool that encrypts a file, folder, the whole hd if u want to. The trick about is that it has a timer, once the timer is up then it automatically locks the item. it&#39;s a homemade program by some folks in the underground world, I have it installed yet lost/can&#39;t find the installation file. I&#39;ll repost if I find so I can email it to u. It has more features, yet I won&#39;t bore u with them until I get the file first. hopefully. :) :(
abu_has_the_power
11-03-2003, 11:53 PM
do u have that prog now?
I.am
11-04-2003, 12:01 AM
Originally posted by nikita69@21 October 2003 - 20:19
I have a little tool that encrypts a file, folder, the whole hd if u want to. The trick about is that it has a timer, once the timer is up then it automatically locks the item. it&#39;s a homemade program by some folks in the underground world, I have it installed yet lost/can&#39;t find the installation file. I&#39;ll repost if I find so I can email it to u. It has more features, yet I won&#39;t bore u with them until I get the file first. hopefully. :) :(
@nikita69, Sounds like a nice one to have. I am in the list too if you do find the installation :)