Encryption with Folder Lock 7

Folder Lock 7 Icon

Now that I've been busy attending my early lectures, I barely have time to update my blog, let alone finding some materials for an upcoming post. However, it seems like what I've been searching for a while might just be the right topic. Yes, just as what the title says; I've been looking for a way to encrypt a folder in my computer/flash drive for quite a while. I've been been hearing my friends saying that it's easy to put passwords into a folder, but I've never known how. There's a more conventional method, though: zip/rar them together and secure it with a password. That's easy, yes... but I don't want to wait until the extraction is finished, and sacrifice additional precious hard drive space.

I've kept wondering until yesterday, when I search through Google, and there's this software called FolderLock, developed by NewSoftware. Thus, I decided to give it a try, and yeah. It works... pretty nice and easy :D

I'll show you how to encrypt a sample folder after the break.

I made this tutorial based on Folder Lock 7 trial. As far as I can see, the limitation of this trial version is the inability to create a locker with the size more than 4GB. What's locker? You'll find out later.

The Splash Screen

You can lock your individual files here

1. Install and open the program. You'll be presented with the above screen. At first run, you're asked to create a master password, which can be used to enable the full features of the program, and unlock files that you've encrypted. Please remember the master password, as it's very important in the future.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. You can also lock an individual file(s), folder(s), or even a hard drive. It's easy; just click the 'Lock Files' pane on the left of the screen, and choose Add. You'll be presented with a drop-down menu, letting you choose between locking a file, folder, or a hard drive. Please bear in mind that you can't choose a file in external storage or USB (yet). This choice is for internal files only, and useful for a shared PC.
   
   

   

   Protect your USB/CD

3. The reason I've written this tutorial is because between you folks, there might be some of you who are  on the same boat as I am. To lock a folder from your external storage, click on the 'Protect USB/CD' pane on the left, and choose one out of the three options. The first choice will be explained shortly, while the second is burning individual files into a CD/DVD for later use. As for the third choice, you'll create an encrypted zip, which will be sent through email afterwards.
4. Now I'm going to explain the first choice. Once you click it, you'll be presented the window which will ask you if you want to move your existing encrypted folder (or locker) or create a new one. Either way, it'll create a locker file in your flash drive, as well as one executable file, in which you'll be able to use to open your locker. I'll just choose the latter, as it's the point of this tutorial.



Create a New Locker Window

5. From there, you'll need to enter the Locker's name, the location of the locker, and of course, the password. Try to pick a strong password. Let the 'Password Strength' meter below the 'Confirm Password' help you decide.

   

   Locker Selection

6. Once you're done, you'll get the above window. The trial is limited only to the first one ('Less Than 4GB'), which will create only one executable file. As for the second one (whose license you'll have to buy) will create a locker file and the executable file. There's a drop-down selection box in 'Choose Size' section, in which you'll be able to choose how much space you need for your files to be encrypted. Once all is done, click next, and you're all done!

Finally, it's done! In the directory you selected while making the locker, there should be two (or one, depending on the size you chose) files. One is your locker (.flka) with a safebox icon, and one is the executable (the flash drive icon). You can open your locker through the executable, and copy all your files-needed-to-be-encrypted into the locker. Once you close the locker window, you'll need your password and the executable to access those files.

That's not too hard, is it? Well, happy trying and try not to misuse this feature, okay? If you know what I mean :p

Finally, as usual, thanks for reading, Guys. I hope you enjoy it. Sorry for the messy tutorial, though; I created this post in hurry... =A=

Encryption with Folder Lock 7 2012-07-30T04:44:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Anonymous