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Re: Win 7 image to usb hard drive -- make secure?

 
 
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      05-02-2010
"fatfreek" <> wrote in
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> I am pleased that my new Win 7 Home Premium is able to create an image
> backup to my external hard drive. I did this in my account which has
> Administrator privileges.
>
> My question is security. Out of curiosity I took that hard drive next
> door to my sis-in-law as she also has a Win 7 machine. I used her
> account which likewise has Administrator privileges. I was actually
> disappointed that I could use her Explorer to look at the listing of
> those files.
>
> Is there some way I can password protect this disk, the folder the
> backup is in, or -- at the very least -- alter the permissions so that
> only I can gain access to them?
>

Have her *not* use the administrator account. Nor anyone not using the
computer *ever* unless there is no other way to do something - such as
installing/uninstalling AV software.


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