Why we set pen drive password? A pen drive is a portable Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash memory device which used for storing / transferring audio, video, and data files from a computer or device. Learn how to set USB drive password.
The best way to secure your data is, to put a password.
As we use Pen Drive for storing / transferring confidential data, hence we should protect pen drive by setting password.
This article helps you how to set password to Pen drive without any software or app.
How to set pen drive password without any software?
This Simple step to set password to Pen drive will prompt you to enter password whenever you connect this drive to the USB port.
Windows has an in-built feature in it and you just need to enable it.
Connect USB Pen drive into your computer.
Now just right click on the drive and select Turn on Bitlocker.
Click on Use password to protect the USD Pen drive.
Now provide the password you would like to set in password fields.
Now click on next and next and print or save the key for future reference.
Encryption process will starts now and your drive will get secured with the password that you have set recently.
Note: If Bitlocker is not enabled by default then please enable it through Control Panel > System and Security OR enable it from BIOS.
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