Securing external hard drive

ennogs · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:12

What is my best free way to secure an external hard drive so only I can access the data? Ideally I want it password protected and encrypted.

TheVoice · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:31

What brand is it? The major ones tend to offer software with them that will do that.

tom_e · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:37

Truecrypt, have a small partition to set up a traveler disk then ecrypt the main partion. Or if its always going to be used on a system with truecrypt installed then a full disk encryption

ennogs · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:43

TheVoice said:
What brand is it? The major ones tend to offer software with them that will do that.

I wont be ordering it until tomorrow. I will be probably be getting a WD Elements Desktop 2 TB External hard drive.

ennogs · 20 Sep 2010 at 01:47

tom_e said:
Truecrypt, have a small partition to set up a traveler disk then ecrypt the main partion. Or if its always going to be used on a system with truecrypt installed then a full disk encryption

Does that mean with traveler disk set up I can connect it to any PC or laptop and access the data (provided I enter the password)?

What if I also wanted to view the files on a mac would the truecrpt hinder me?

tom_e · 20 Sep 2010 at 02:01

The traveler disk setup means you will have the truecrypt program available to run on any computer though i have a feeling you will need admin rights, and I'm not sure on the mac side of things.