lock removable drives

hi
i am looking for a program to enable me to lock files and folders on removable drives like cds and usb flash drives
i don't need encryption, only locking
freeware is preferred
any recommendations?

thank you.

 

What do you mean by "locking"? What are you trying to achieve?

 

Not possible I think. Correct me if I'm wrong

 

i simply want to deny access to files and folders on removable drives
in the past i have "zipped" private files and sometimes these files got damaged
with encryption also, i think the files are directly affected and chances are that the files might get corrupted
and encrypting and decrypting takes a little more time also

 

I think your "past" method is the right one. If you want to deny access to your files, the best way is to encrypt them. If a file is stored on a removable drive in clear, it can be read by anyone, and you can't do anything about that.

 

Encryption is the only way you can't prevent unauthorized access to data on a removable drive.