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password protect external hard driv
Name: emsee Date: August 23, 2005 at 22:14:26 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1200
Comment:
Hi is it possible to password protect my EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE? I want to do this so when i got to someone elses computer it promts for a password. i have herd of third party softwares but dont they jus work when tha hard drive is in ur own computer because the software is installed on that computer. so when u got to another compuer it wont ask u for a password...
i have one idea can some tell me if might work.. waht if i install tha third party software on tha EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE itself? so dont need to worry when goin on a different pc coz tha software is already on tha external hard drive??
i might not have been very clear let me no if am not.
Name: bob819 Date: August 24, 2005 at 01:01:19 Pacific
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It is possible to protect an HDD, I use PGP Disk BUT, and it IS a BUT, you must have PGP installed on any machine to which you connect your HDD & if you think about it that is going to be the same for any software. With PGP I keep a copy on the HDD so I can install it on any PC I connect to and my sensitive data is stored in an emcrypted file which can be seen but not opened. HTH, Regards.
Bob Mitchell. "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." - Kenneth Olsen, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
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Response Number 2
Name: emsee Date: August 24, 2005 at 16:50:52 Pacific
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Hey thanx very much! waht if i forget tha password? tha onli way to get in is to format tha hdd right?
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