How do I encrypt and/or make it password protected?
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TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. http://www.filehippo.com/download_truecrypt/
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No admin password is required for setup. This is more like plugging something into an external port like USB and VGA - more convenient though.
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Follow the directions and put in your password. I am a senior and I did it without any problems. It was fairly easy. Make sure you can find it on your computer choices for printers after putting in the password.
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LastPass has a secure cloud implementation of a password manager. You could log on to that site and launch your sites from the links stored in your vault.
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It will appear under network in file explorer. You access it from there just like you would any local drive. You can even set up different permissions for different users so each user's files can be password protected.
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If you upgrade to Windows 8 Pro my understanding is that you can encrypt the SSD drive. Alternatively, buying Bitlocker alone might be enough. This would be a Microsoft question more than an Acer question.
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Justin, have you read the PDF instruction manual? I just skimmed it, since I don't need to add security in my application, but it looked quite thorough. You can select different encryption methods and/or change the SSID. You'll need to install the software on the CD into your PC to do the security setup.
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I have one of these and there is no security software included. It is just a raw storage device.
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I encrypted mine. You need to set it up as GUID partition Table. Go into Disk Utility, select the drive, drop down From Partition Layout Current to Partitions 1 (you can rename it in the top right). Then select Options, and select GUID partition table. Please note that you will lose all data on the drive doing this, so back it up first, then you can copy it over once you have set up the drive for encryption. Once Disk Utility finishes, right click on the drive and you can encrypt the drive from the drop down options. FYI - It does reduce disk speed a bit.
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No on board software for that. You can get software separately. However, I use mine both encrypted and not. The bulk of my data (photos, reading/reference, tools and such) do not need encryption. I do, however, keep my financial info on there encrypted by using a free tool called TrueCrypt.
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Yes, it is. You can use whatever encryption software you like. Do you have something particular in mind such as TrueCrypt, PGP, or even encrypted disk images? All of that should work fine.
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You can open it with just the combination. Key is just added security, don't use it myself. what if you hide it and forget where it is?
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Hello S. Hernandez, I'm not really a Geek guy but I just searched on Bing and I see you can encrypt a SSD drive however there may be a lose of speed, depending on which software you use. I would think a better solution is to encrypt a partition and go from there. Alternatively why not; just encrypt those files that are sensitive???
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This device has no built in encryption options. You can however use additional software such as truecrypt to make the volume encrypted.
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No they are not. I suppose you could encrypt the files on your own if you wanted to
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Everything gets automatically encrypted as you write the files/folders to the jump drive. I havent noticed an lag/unusually slow write speeds because of this.
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I am using the RecZone Password SAFE which seems to be a newer or more advance version of this product. Any answers I have offered here are based upon the instructions pamphlet that came with the PassWord Safe.