Use pendrive as password

Computers are the most important storage area to store valuable files, documents and data, etc., for any individual person or an organization. Security is also necessary for these computers. So Security is most crucial for the computing world. Admin Password is not enough to protect your PC because hackers have various ways to hack your PC or they can easily steal your valuable data.
In this tutorial, I am going to discuss about "How to turn your pendrive a password for your system". Yes!! Pendrives are not only storage device, its more than that, one can use pendrive in many different ways according to their needs.
For now, I am writing a cool trick how to use your pendrives as a password, i.e everytime if anyone wants to access your PCs or laptops, they need your pendrive to access your system. It is quite easy and helpful trick.

The Beauty of this trick is it doesn’t need any software to install and nobody can log into your PC without inserting that pendrive. So that your data is safe and nobody can access it or harm it.

So you need a pendrive to make as a password. Now follow these steps to make pendrive as PC password:-

Pendrive as PC Password – Procedure

• First insert a USB/pendrive into a PC and start it.
• Now open your Run window(win+R), and type "diskmgmt.msc" to open Disk Management.

• Select your pendrive and click on Change Drive letters and paths.

• Now click on Change and Select the drive letter as A from the drop down box of change drive letter and paths window, click on OK.

• Now open Run and type syskey. Press enter

• Startup Key The startup Key window is open and select on option StoreStartup Key on Floppy Disk then press Ok.

Now your startup key is stored in pendrive and letter A is chosen for pendrive because the startup key is stored on a floppy which always represented as the letter A and B. And finally, when you start your PC you need to insert pendrive. Without Pendrive you will not able to access your computer. So keep this Pendrive as PC password Protected safe.

If you want your default setting back, then follow the same steps and just chose option Store Startup Key Locally and press OK so that you will log into your computer without pendrive.