USB devices have become an integral part of our day to day operation whether it is transferring important documents from one system to another or getting a movie to watch from your friend. In the earlier post we have discussed about controlling USB device rights using a tool ‘Phrozen Safe USB‘. In this article we are going to discuss some of the methods and tips to personalize and secure USB pen drives.

Read : Want to control USB Device Rights – Use Phrozen Safe USB Tool

How to Personalize USB Pen Drive?

Want to add custom name and icon to your pen drive then follow the given steps.

1 To add personalized icon and label you have to tweak ‘Autorun.inf’ file from the USB root directory.

Details of pen drive before personalization

2 Copy and Paste your favorite icon.ico file into USB Root directory

3 Open Notepad and add the below given code and save the text file as ‘autorun.inf’. See the figure below for clear understanding

[autorun]

label = “<your name here>”

icon = “yourIcon.ico” 

After Personalization

How to Secure USB Pen drives?

Some of the tools available for securing your pen drives are as follows:

• Write Protect your USB Drive – ThumbScrew
• Make Autorun.inf Read Only & System File – ThumbScrew
• Automatically Disable Autorun – Hold down Shift Key while attaching your USB drive to temporarily stop “Autorun” from popping up, this can save your from getting virus transfer
• Encrypt your USB with Truecrypt – Truecrypt

Use the above discussed tips and tools and let us know your opinion.