protecting a hard drive with confidential information

What you want to do is use a program like Winzip or 7zip and create an archive with these files and password protect them. If you don't want to hand out the filenames either, place all files in a folder first and archive the entire folder with a password.

Upon opening the archive, it will show the root (just one folder) and asks for the password. The user has to enter the correct password or abort, and only after entering the right password, will they be able to see the filenames and open the files.

Keep in mind, whenever someone has access to the files, no matter what, they can make them accessible to anyone. But those who work with confidential files will know that risk. You should make a disclaimer stating that, once they receive the files you are no longer responsible for what happens to it.

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