It is quite common that you are often faced with the difficulty to protect your important data stored in your PC from outsiders. However there are some tools, which you can utilize in preserving your data. For this you need not be a tech savvy or a computer wizard.

Protecting folders

Normally you will be using a password or hide the folders, which contain your secret files, so that they are inaccessible to others. Another simple strategy you can use is utilizing a specialized program that makes your folders not to visible to outsiders.

My Lock Box

As the name indicates, this program facilitates in preserving your folders. On installation, the Lockbox will ask which folder you wish to hide. It also asks for a password, which you need to use when you wish to unhide your folder.The advantage of installing this program, your files are invisible even from the windows operating system. Even the search engines cannot find your files. If you want to reveal your folders, all you need to do is, simply fire the ‘My Lockbox’ and utilise your password to unhide it.

True Crypt

The True Crypt utilizes a technology known as the ‘container encryption’ and converts an ordinary file into a protected virtual disk. For instance you just make a file, and assign a name as Encrypt.txt, and utilize the program to allocate a storage capacity of 100 MB to it. To the others using the PC (except you) the file will simply appear as a text file.
Whenever you wish to preserve your confidential fie, simply utilize the True Crypt to preserve your data in the 100 MB container folder.