How to set a password on a hard drive

Password protection is an important thing in today’s world. You can easily set passwords on your hard drive. This is very easy. There are many ways to set passwords on your hard drive. I will show you some important methods. If you set passwords on your hard drive, no one can open the files on your hard drive without your permission. These methods are very safe and highly protected. You can reliably install the following applications.

This is very easy. But you have to remember the password. Save the password in memory. Because if you don’t know your password, you can’t open your hard drive. In this method, you can set password for external hard drive and internal hard drive.

You must set a password before performing the following steps. Follow my steps very carefully. I will show you how to set a password on your hard drive.

The BitLocker method:

The Bit locker feature is a default factory option for the drive. Windows have this feature by default. So you won’t need to download any additional driver generation apps. This is very easy. I will show you how to set passwords on your hard drives. Follow my steps without skipping a beat.

• First, open My Computer on the desktop. It will now show you the device and drivers. There are many options available in this folder.
• Then select your hard drive. And right click on this option. Next in the list, select Turn on BitLocker.
• Now click on Yes in the UAC popup window.
• Next, check the Use password option in the window.
• Then create a driver password and enter the password again in the next field.
• Now click on Next option.
• You have now successfully set a password on your hard drive.

Vera Crypt application:

There are many third-party password protection applications available on the Internet. But vera crypt app is one of the best password protection app. This application is completely free. So you don’t have to pay for this app. I will show you how to download this application and how to protect your hard drive with this application.

• First, you need to download the Vera Crypt application from the official website. Go to the official website of Vera Crypt and download this application.
• Now open the installation file on your computer. Then accept the license terms and click Next.
• Next, select Install and click Next.
• Then select the location to save the file and click Install.
• Now you have successfully installed this application on your computer. Now open the Vera Crypt application.
• Then select your devices and create a password using the Volume Tools option.
• I hope this method works.

BitLocker using Control Panel:

If the first method did not work, you can try this method. This method will work. The first and third ways are the same. But the steps are different. I’ll show you how to set up BitLocker using the Control Panel.

• Open the Run application by pressing Windows + R. Then type Control Panel in the search box.
• Now the control panel application will open on the screen. Then select Bitlocker Driver Encryption.
• Next, click Turn on BitLocker.
• Next, check the Use password option in the window.
• Then create a driver password and enter the password again in the next field.
• Now click on Next option.
• You have now successfully set a password on your hard drive.