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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: butthead on March 09, 2008, 04:23:22 PM
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is it possible to protect information on a memory stick with a password to gain access to reading when inserted ? how would you go about this /thanks to any one with an answer
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it is possible, but im not 100 percent sure how to do it.
i believe you make a folder in it and then password protect the folder so that only you can access it.
not sure if you can do that on a flash drive though
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Maybe check out http://portableapps.com/ and look under applications for password programs...
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Or you could use WinZip and zip them to a password protected file...
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Or you could use WinZip and zip them to a password protected file...
thanks for your suggestions, im a bit dim so bear with me, how do i create a zipped folder how do i transfer the items from my memory stick into it and then have that zipped folder with password on my stick only and not on the hardrive of the computer. simple i know but not to me . appreciate any help of a idiots gude to how to do this. many thanks
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you plug the drive into the usb port and drag and drop the files you want into winzip, zip them and move the zipped folder into the flash drive.
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It depends on the storage device. SanDisk work best at this since it will launch atomatically. Also, there not called memory sticks.
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i said flash drive didnt i?
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you plug the drive into the usb port and drag and drop the files you want into winzip, zip them and move the zipped folder into the flash drive.
Can you not access archive functions by just right clicking the file you want to archive (zip)?
I can but I use WinRAR.
i said flash drive didnt i?
Indeed you did. I think Squall_01 might have been talking to butthead (topic title)
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Also, there not called memory sticks.
You meant "they're not called..." but you are wrong. They are. They are called pen drives, memory sticks, flash drives, USB flash drives...
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;)
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and thumb drives...
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and thumb drives...
Thanks, I forgot that one!
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Strictly speaking, I was wrong and squall_01 was right. Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998.
This is a Sony Memory Stick:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Memory_Stick_Front_and_Back.jpg)
This is a flash drive, pen drive, USB drive, USB stick, jump drive, USB Flash Drive, UFD, Travel Stick, key drive, thumb drive, USB drive, keychain drive, memory key...
Many people call these things "memory sticks" which must annoy Sony.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/USB_flash_drive.jpg/180px-USB_flash_drive.jpg)
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Waaaaaaaaay too much time...
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Nope I go to Collage.
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I've never heard anyone I know call a USB drive a memory stick...
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I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive
Nope I go to Collage.
(http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/arts/ccct/media/images/caryl_collage-00.jpg)
Like this one?
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I do... I call it a memory stick or a flash drive
Nope I go to Collage.
(http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/arts/ccct/media/images/caryl_collage-00.jpg)
Like this one?
Its just a simple misunderstanding, cause you can plug them in an store files too it. But there not in the memory. So.......
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They are memory sticks.
Nice Collage Neljan !
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USN flash drives do not have any moving parts. They have a special kind of memory chip inside called "flash RAM". So they contain memory but it is not as fast as the RAM in your computer.
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I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?
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Its on.
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I don't know of any memory that has moving parts...did i miss something ? ?
I just felt like mentioning it :)
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Gotcha.
I looked for speed comparisons for flash memory vs. say DDr2 and didn't find any references.
I believe it may be just as fast though.
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It's just that so many people can't tell the difference between "memory" and disk drives, and calling memory devices "disks" only muddies the waters more.
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That's true -- most people confuse disk drive space with RAM.
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Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM. So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored. You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage. Till then the file isnt there.
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Yes, I see your point of view! It's been a long standing confusion because, I suppose, it's such gray area between RAM and storage...
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Thats what I tring to say most people when they think of memory its usually RAM. So flash drives are not memory sticks cause the data isnt in memory its stored.
That's not true. I think you are confused. Look up "flash RAM" on Google. The data is stored in memory. Flash memory.
Flash memory (sometimes called "flash RAM") is a type of constantly-powered nonvolatile memory. Flash memory gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or "flash." Since its introduction, Flash RAM has become immensely popular. It is widely used in digital music players, and millions of people have USB thumbdrives.
You cant put files into the RAM its self only have it there till its in storage. Till then the file isnt there.
I am not sure what you are trying to say here.
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That thumb drives are wrongly named by poeple who call them memory sticks.
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But they have memory in them, and they look like sticks.
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Call them what you like...but memory sticks is not incorrect.
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It's really not incorrect -- it's all in how you want to think about memory, I guess, and memory can be permanent (like on hard drives, and USB devices, etc) or it can be temporary (like in RAM, or my brain).
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memory can be permanent [...] or it can be temporary
Non-volatile & volatile are the technical terms
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Yeah, I knew that...once upon a time... ::) ;)