How to Secure an External Hard Drive with Password Protection and Encryption
Learn the steps to effectively protect your external hard drive by using password protection and encryption software to safeguard your data.
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✴️ You want more than a password; you want encryption. Encrypting an external drive can be done with the right software.
✴️ Protecting an external hard drive
If you have Windows Pro edition and plan to use your external drive only with other machines using Windows Pro, then BitLocker is a simple and quick way to encrypt your external drive with a password. If you need to support Windows Home edition or other operating systems, VeraCrypt can be an excellent solution.
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0:00 Password-Protect External Hard Drive
0:54 Protecting your information
1:06 We'll show BitLocker and VeraCrypt
1:25 In Windows Pro
2:10 Do not forget your password
2:40 Save key to Microsoft Account
3:20 Encrypt the entire drive?
4:00 Bitlocker is easy to use
4:25 Downsides
5:10 On Windows Home VeraCrypt
6:55 Create a volume
11:40 Opening an encrypted drive
14:50 Encrypt single file
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