Hi There I was wondering if there is an easy (free) way to password protect a partitioned area of a hard drive. I'm using FAT32 so wind xp's proprietary system won't work. I would prefer to do this rather than password protecting file by file. I went through the archives of this forum and looked into Axantum, but it seems to have a 4 Gig limit. My partitioned area is 17 Gig. Any suggestions appreciated. Tim

See if this suits. TrueCrypt http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld... http://www.truecrypt.org/ http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php Beginner's Tutorial http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/ TrueCrypt is a free open-source on-the-fly encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003. * It can encrypt partitions/devices or create virtual encrypted disks within files. * It is the only free open-source on-the-fly encryption software that fully supports Windows XP. * It is also the only free open-source OTFE software for Windows XP that provides plausible deniability. * Encryption algorithms: AES (256-bit key), Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST, IDEA, Triple DES * Based on Encryption for the Masses (E4M) 2.02a. Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux.

Thanks John Looks good, I will give it a try! TIm

Ok Tim, have fun.