Since you are using Win 7, you can encrypt entire hard drive with BitLocker. Search "BitLocker" on Google, you can get many how-tos about encrypting drive. If you don't want to encrypt the drive or you are afraid you will lose all content in drive when forgetting the password, you can also use third party software such as Kakasoft Advanced Folder Encryption to lock and hide drive with password.
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