Password protecting huge file folder

Ok, so I have googled, I looked through multiple youtube tutorials, and I have looked through some threads on here. I need some help because I am not sure if those tutorials or what I have found pertain to my situation.

Backstory:my wife and I are splitting and I am a wreck. I have had my computer since we have been together and..well....about 99% of the pictures I have stored on here are of her and me and well you get the picture. the only way I am gonna heal is if I cut her out so I don't look at this old stuff. anyways back to the problem.

I have a western digital 300GB HDD. I have compiled all the photos from photobooth, downloaded pictures, and anything else that I have found that has her pictures to a folder. now. The folder is 26.67GB. I would want to put the folder on the HDD and have a password on it that my friend will put on it so I can't access it.

I have looked at the .dmg file thing but I haven't seen it work with a huge folder like this. I don't know what I would choose and if it would work the same way.

Is there some other way to do this without making the .dmg file or would that be the only logical thing. Please help, I'm trying to get this done as soon as possible.

miles01110 said:

The encrypted disk image (dmg) will work fine. Just make sure he a) remembers the password and b) unchecks the "Remember password" option when creating the disk image.

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ok so would I put custom size and put like what 30 Gigs on it?