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if only i was barry allen, i would go back in time

Maxthon Cloud Browser, i know it is not so common but you can download almost all the files from the webpage you are accessing (facebook, youtube, xxx, etc. no problem ). No need for 3rd party download applications/plugins since it has a built-in resource sniffer.

stated in most replies is that you can use encryption. this is the best option i think, but take note that there are some slight drawbacks when using encryption:

- it is easier done when the drives are fresh (it is easier to encrypt a clean drive than to encrypt a drive with existing data. from my experience it took me almost a day to enable bit locker for one of my unencrypted drives)

- you will have a slight or minimal performance drop since your computer has to decrypt the data before processing it (but you won't notice this unless you are working with very large files). the performance drop will be proportional to the length of the encryption key or strength of encryption.

- if you lose your keys, your disk and all the data stored will be pretty much useless to you also

another way to keep files safe (i learned this trick from my previous office mates):

- create a virtual machine which is password protected and hide the virtual machine (you may also opt to encrypt the virtual drive of the virtual machine)

- store your important files inside the virtual machine you created

- if your computer can handle it, you can install a virtual machine inside of the virtual you just created (VM-Inception? ) and store your precious data inside that nested virtual machine.

hope this helps.