How do you password protect a CD-R on windoes 8?

[richcorsavxr]

Possibly a daft question, but how an earth do you put a password on to cd I'm about to burn?
Basically I need to send a cd out with scan data on to a customer but i want to put a password on for them to access it.

I tried to find software off download.com but that seemed to corrupt my CD drivers.

Any help appreciated

[andy-xr]

zip it and burn it if it has to be on physical media, you'd be better sticking it into a passworded pdf and hosting it though

[RichwiththeS2000]

^ Password protect the files, not the CD itself.

[RizzoTheRat]

MoD accept WinZip 8 encryption as being sufficient. Zip the files with encryption and then burn them as normal.

[richcorsavxr]

Thanks all, managed to zip the files and add a password.

I'm sure in the olden days (XP) it used to be easier than this.

[TurricanII]

Just to add, 7Zip is free and lets you put a password on for AES encryption. Plus it easily creates a self extracting EXE file with one tick box, so the recipient doesn't even need telling what software to download/to install any software.

[andy-xr]

TurricanII said:

Just to add, 7Zip is free and lets you put a password on for AES encryption. Plus it easily creates a self extracting EXE file with one tick box, so the recipient doesn't even need telling what software to download/to install any software.

Self extracting encrypted .exe?

Er...you're ok thanks, I'll leave it

[RizzoTheRat]

Indeed. A relatively secure corporate network will probably block self extractors, and I'd hope that most users wouldn't run one.

[TurricanII]

andy-xr said:

Self extracting encrypted .exe?

Er...you're ok thanks, I'll leave it

Result - it's confidential and you shouldn't be trying it

Fair points though, perhaps stick with the 7Zip format if the recipient is likely to be wary. And leaving it in the 7Zip format does mean they can extract it on a Mac more easily