Two questions (sort of OT)

[Brian]

My first is in regards to my iPod.  It has lately acquired a very 
audible whirring noise.  Not to be read as loud, but it is louder than 
when I first bought it last summer.  I posted this to the apple forums 
but got little help on the issue there.  One guy assumed i was using a 
PC, despite the fact that my iBook was listed on my post as the 
computer I used, and recommended I defragment the iPod, but have found 
no material regarding this in the iPod help files or on the apple site. 
 Is this possible?  Is this likely to be the problem?  Should I just 
ignore it?  Is it even a problem?
Second is the issue of USB jump drives.  The one I had was recently 
stolen, so I lost it and all of the work, school and personal data I 
had saved on it.  I will be buying a new jump drive soon, so I thought 
this: "I can make my iBook next to unusable to anyone who decides to 
try to walk off with it, can i do the same with a USB jump drive?"  All 
I mean is, can I password protect the entire thing so that any person 
who decides to take it for a walk cannot access ay of the files on it, 
and can't format it as well?
TiA,
Brian

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