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Jerkism

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27. January 2006 @ 21:41

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I'm trying to do two things and I don't know if they are possible or not.

First thing, I want to back up data on to a CD or DVD (preferably DVD) and I want there to be a password in order to access the data on that disc. Is this possible to do? If so, what program is needed and how is it done? I want the data to remain on the disc at all time, I don't want to transfer it on to a hard drive to access. For example, archiving the data into RAR format with a password is not how I want to do this, as that would require spilling the data back onto the hard drive and unraring the data. I want the data to be on the disc at all times, but access to the data must be restricted somehow, either with a password or another method. If you guys have any ideas or suggestions or know of a program or way to do this, let me know.

Secondly, is there a way to delete or currupt certain files on a data disc (not re-writeable), using a program and the burner. For example, I have a disc with File A, File B and File C and I want to get File B off the disc or make that file unreadable. Is this possible? I have disc where I want to keep some files intact, while I want to get rid of others. I'm trying to avoid the process of rewriting a bunch of new discs.

All help would be appreciated. Apologies if I posted this in the wrong section.

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Deline

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29. January 2006 @ 19:45

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There's a nice little program called CryptCD (http://www.cryptcd.com) it will do exacly what you want. Pop in the DVD and it will ask for a password, then open up the disc. You can set it so files can't be copied, can't be printed, etc. There's a ton of options. The non-basic versions allow you to have multiple users with different levels of security.

EX: Your disc would have File A, File B, File C. You can set User 1 to have access to only File A & User 2 to have access to only File B & C.

Anyways check it out it's a very cool little program.

As for you second question, the only thing I can think of is re-burning the disc. Once data is written it's there for good as far as I know.

Hope this helps, Good luck!

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