Many people purchases expensive software like folder lock to protect their  personal data .I’m going to tell you how you can protect your personal data using WinRAR .You can add a password to a folder using WinRAR and its really safe,for that you have to add your folder to WinRAR .

For this you have to install WinRAR software in your computer.

Steps for adding password to a folder.

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Select and click right button and select “ Add to archive… ”

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Then click on “ Advanced ” tab .

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Then select “set password…” 

Then enter the password  and reenter the password, and do not forget  the password because you can not access your folder without the password.

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Your folder is safe now .

When you will open the WinRAR file , it will ask you the password.

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If you will enter the right password then you can access the files.Of Corse it Is a very old method and a general one & in computing everything is just uncertain these password can be break by some software using some algorithms like Brute Force, Dictionary Attack etc. but this task Is also not a easy one so be sure to make your password even more stronger by using special characters & increasing its length etc..

Download Link for WinRAR ( windows 32 bit)

 
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