Password protect entire flash drive

[dizz]

I have 3 flash drives. The only one I take with me is a San Disk Cruzer 8 Gig with U3 onboard. The U3 provides a password for the entire flash drive and if lost if average citizen finds it or steals it on fifth attempt at incorrect password it locks down. The if you can access it at all format is the name of the game. Oh sure the highly tech savvy types probably can use sofware and ancient incantations to crack it but that is not what I am talking about.

Looking for an app like the password file on the San Disk that DOES NOT reside on the desktop but is self contained and resides entirely on the flash drive and password protects the ENTIRE flash drive in same manner as per supra.

Any suggestions and pass wording a zip folder is not what I want . If possible I want the convenience of pass wording the entire flash drive via an app wholly contained on that flash drive like the U# provides.

[Dan18960]

Dizz,

These exist BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THE PRICE!

DOD flash drives start at $500.00 for 4gb USB drives. But they do what you want.

[1002richards]

You could look at Iron Key starting at $80 or so. Has many security features built in:

https://store.ironkey.com/

https://www.ironkey.com/personal-solutions

Hope this helps?

Richard

[AdvancedSetup]

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[1002richards]

What they have found is a way to read RAM content after power-shutdown.
This is not the same as "cracking truecrypt", the only reason this works is that they can get the encryption-key from the computers RAM .
This isn't really news either, it has been known for some time that modern RAM can retain data for some time after power-off. This is why all good encryption-programs wipe the keys from RAM when you dismount the encrypted volume .
All WDE-systems keep the key in RAM btw .