protect some files of shared external hard drive

[Bhuvan]

Hello, I share an external hard drive with my colleague. Yet I have records and confidential files that I would like to protect against reading. So how? Thank you in advance.

[ApPy10]

Are you on vista, xp, mac or linux? And is your external drive connected to your pc?
Did you share the whole disk? If so we must share only files that your colleague must have access and for the record you just compress them with a password

[T.J.]

Filesharing requires 4 basic things: Network connectivity, Firewall permissions, NTFS Permissions, and Sharing Permissions. I think your Network and firewall is working properly, so let's look at NTFS and File Sharing.

1) Did you format the new drive? Is it FAT32 or NTFS? If NTFS, did you allow the local users group access to the drive? To test, go to the computer that has the drive attached to it, login as the user, and see if you can create a folder there. If so, permissions are fine. If it is a FAT32 drive, do not worry about this part at all.

2) Did you setup sharing permissions properly? You should right-click on My Computer, and go into Manage. Go into the Shared Folders... and find your share. Check the share permissions to make sure the group/users is enabled properly.

[Team Leader]

RIGHT click on the drive and a file, choose "Sharing and Security", then click on the "Security" tab, (if there is one), then give "Everyone" full control.

Hope this helps.