How to unlock folders locked by the folder lock software without any password

Now, you don’t have to worry about the password of your locked folder. You can easily access or unlock your folder, without any password, or without knowing password of that locked folder.

Why should we lock a folder?

Just like any person needs security guard for his or her security, or any PC needs password for security, some important folders also need to be locked for security.And if we lock our folder we will have following benefits:-

• Unknown persons can’t be able to open that holder, and use the files inside it.


• Only you and the persons who know the password can use the files inside it.

How to lock a folder using folder lock software

Requirements:-

To lock a folder by using folder lock software you need:-

• A folder which will be locked.


• A, folder locking software should be installed on your PC, like Folder Access.

You can download Folder Access from below mentioned link.

http://www.topdownloads.net/software/view.php?id=156290

How to lock

When you start the folder access for the first time you will be asked the password to set. This password will be used to gain access to software and for locking and unlocking folders.

To lock a folder after installation, you just right-click on folder and select lock folder.

And to unlock folder, you just right-click on folder and select unlock folder.

While locking and unlocking folder, you will asked for the password. Please enter the password you had set when first time you started Folder Access.

How to unlock the locked folder, without password?

It happens that sometimes you may forget the password of your locked folder. Or you may want to open that folder and use the files and data inside it, but you don’t know the password. You can’t uninstall that software, because in this process also, it will ask for password.

But now you don’t have to worry much about this, because now you can open or unlock that folder without knowing any password. You have to follow simple steps.

Requirements:-

To unlock or open any locked folder you need:-

• A pen-drive or memory card (with card reader and mobile).


• A PC in which folder access (or the software by which the folder is locked) isnot installed.


• You can use a mobile phone instead of PC .

How to unlock

To unlock any folder, you have to follow these simple steps:-

1. Plug in the pen-drive or memory card (with card reader) into the PC (in which locked folder stored).


2. Copy the locked folder, and paste it into the pen-drive or memory card.


3. Unplug the pen-drive or memory card.


4. Plug in the pen-drive into another PC (in which folder lock software is not installed).
   OR (for memory card) plug-in the memory card into mobile phone.


5. Open the pen-drive or memory card.


6. Right click on folder and select Rename.                                                              OR (for memory card) select options of that folder and select Rename.


7. Change the coding name of the folder.


8. Unplug pen-drive from PC, OR unplug memory card from mobile.                And plug-in into 1st PC (in which folder lock software is installed).


9. Open the pen-drive OR memory card and see your locked folder will be unlocked.

Now your folder is successfully unlocked without using any password. You can open it and use the files inside it.

Create Ghost Bootable SD Card or USB Flash Drive

It's a good practice to create an image of your hard drive before you start using it. Especially when you had to build that computer from scratch and spent hours installing the operating system and all of your favorite apps...

As Symantec Ghost becomes more user friendly, people start to recognize this idea. The idea also works well when you need to clean your PC from viruses. In case anything goes wrong with the operating system, you just need to restore the image using the Symantec bootable CD.

However, the problem comes when we deal with the new version of those small laptops: The netbooks! which usually don't come with a built-in CD-ROM drive to bootup the PC.
The most simple solution would be buying an external CD-ROM drive, which costs you money. And in some cases, you just want to bootup the Symantec Ghost.... with whatever available!



The good news: Almost every recent laptop/netbook comes with a card reader, and even if you wasn't lucky enough, your laptop/netbook should have a USB port!

This guide will tell you how to create a bootable SD card or a USB flash drive with Symantec Norton Ghost.
This task can be done with several different versions of Symantec Ghost; however, the steps from this articles are based on Symantec Ghost 14.

What you need?

• Symantec Ghost 14 bootable CD. (Some other versions might also work)


• A PC with bootable CD/DVD drive.


• An SD card (either SD or SDHC), or a USB thumb drive. The size can be as minimum as 1 GB. You can also pick a large SD card if you want to store your hard drive image to the card as well.


• An SD slot or a card reader (for SD card) or a USB slot (for thumb drive)

 

 

Follow the steps in order. Use this guide at your own risks.

 

1. First, check to make sure your CD/DVD drive is bootable. (See your BIOS manual or PC user guide for details since this is out of the scope of this article).


2. - For SD card: Make sure the SD slot or the card reader is available. if it's a card reader, connect it to the PC. Also insert the card.
   - For USB thumb drive: Make sure the drive is inserted into one of the USB slots.


3. Bootup the computer using the Symantec Ghost CD (Details vary on different computers). On Windows XP, during the startup, you should see the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD...".


4. Once the Symantec Recovery startup is complete, you should see the main screen of Symantec Ghost 14 Recovery similar to this image:
   
   


5. Select "Analyze" from the left menu.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


6. Then click on "Open Command Shell Window". A command prompt window will display.


7. At this command prompt window, type: "diskpart" (one word, without quotes) and hit enter. The prompt now changed to "DISKPART>"


8. Now type "list disk" and hit enter. You should now see a list of all available disks. Base on the size of each disk listed, find the one that matching your SD card (or thumb drive) and note its disk number under "Disk ###". If you don't see your SD card (or flash drive) listed, verify if it is inserted or plugged in (you might need to restart the computer and try again).


9. Type "select disk <n>" (replace <n> with the disk # noted from the previous step) then hit enter.
   Important!! Besure to select the correct disk (your SD card or thumb drive) as you will be erasing the drive.
   Sample image with a 4-GB SD selected:
   
   


10. Create a primary partition for the the disk by executing the following sequence of commands:
    clean
    create partition primary
    select partition 1


11. Set the primary partition active, type: "active" and hit enter


12. Perform a quick format with the following command:
    format fs=fat32 quick


13. Then type:
    assign
    exit


14. Your SD card (or the flash drive) is now bootable and will act similar to a local hard drive. In order to boot this card with Symantect Ghost Recovery, copy all contents from the Symantec Ghost disc to the SD card (or the flash drive). Besure to copy everything including any hidden files/folders.
    
    The SD card or flash drive is now bootable and will boot your laptop/netbook to Symantec Ghost Recovery utilities exactly the same way as of the CD (To boot with the card on your laptop/netbook, don't forget to set your bios to search for the SD card or USB external devices in the boot sequence).

Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt

Trick to hide files and folders using Command Prompt
The most important thing is that, once hidden with this method, the files/folders cannot be viewed by any search options even if you click "Show All Hidden Files and Folders".

Hiding the most wanted files and folders is very important nowadays and it's really a tedious job too. In order to make this tedious job an easy one, i'm going to deliver you a the trick now.

For Example: You have a folder named "collegephotos" and this folder is stored in (Disk Drive E). You think that it should not be seen by strangers who use your PC.

For that you need to follow the following instructions

1. Press windowkey+R: Run command dialog box appears.


2. Now type "cmd" and hit enter. A command prompt window displays.


3. Now type "attrib +s +h E:\collegephotos" and hit enter.


4. The folder "collegephotos" will be hidden (Note: It cannot be viewed by any search options)
   
   (To view this folder again, use the same command but replace '+' with '-' on both flags 's' and 'h')