After installing the program on your computer, just register a USB flash drive, which then locks and unlocks your computer. Remove the drive, and your PC locks. Reinsert it, and Windows reappears.

Using Predator, you can treat your flash drive like a key to your PC -- insert it, and your desktop unlocks. Remove it, and your screen goes dark and doesn't allow anyone to use it.

Want to prevent unauthorized access to your flash drives? Here's how to encrypt a USB drive on Windows 10 and safeguard its data from unsolicited access.

Check out how to protect and secure your USB Flash Drive from Viruses, using Phrozensoft Safe USB and other freeware tools on Windows 11/10.

It's designed for situations where you need to leave your computer switched on and unattended. The tool turns any USB key into a physical key, which you can use to lock and unlock your system.

Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start.

Stuck using a PC with an older operating system? Not if you know how to run Windows 10 or Windows 11 from a flash drive.

A bootable Windows 8 recovery drive can help you repair or restore your PC if and when problems arise. Though you can create a recovery DVD, USB flash drives are much more convenient and are ...