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05-Nov-2008, 09:55 AM #1
external hard-drive security
Can anyone tell me how to secure an external harddrive so that it cannot be accessed if lost or stolen
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05-Nov-2008, 10:07 AM #2
You can try adding all the files that are on it into compressed zip files and you can have them passworded, not sure if you can put a password on the hard drive itself though, if anyone knows that would be nice because i just got my own yesterday
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05-Nov-2008, 11:51 AM #3
It appears that there are external hard drive that can be made secure by using a password. Here is one http://blogs.pcmag.com/miller/2008/1...hard_drive.php
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