Is the data on this drive password protected?
1714035
It has no encryption or password protection built-in. You want a Data Traveler Locker drive for that.
1714036
The drive do not come with build in firmware encryption. It is like a regular fast speed SSD 512gb drive. I use a Windows 7 bit blocker and other encryption software.
1714037
Chris, I use TrueCrypt to encrypt the entire drive. TrueCrypt is open source (free) and works well. Not as good as HARDWARE encryption, which I wish this had, but still quite usable.
2230112
With the encryption constantly enabled on this USB flash drive, I would think it would not work. Even with the Drive formatted, it would not work.
872653
It has password protection for both, wireless and USB connectivity. For WiFi you' dprotect it like any wifi hub. Connecting via cable allows to define a password for the Map Drive functionality. Not sure what happens if somebody would get hold of the drive, remove it and drop it into a drive dock, though...
1678841
It is a network storage device. Windows should be able to see it over the network, and you should be able to map a drive to it.
1852488
As long as I have been around computers, I don't know what "a write protected software" is. It has some basic protections for who accesses the folders, password protection and such, but I'm not sure if that's what you mean. I have not formatted the drive, it worked fine out of the box. Do take note of the few people who complained of the interior of the drive pulling out of the aluminum casing. That has not happened to me, but I thought I'd pass it along. Sorry I can't be of more help with the question... Maybe if you restate it we can help. :)
896161
You need to format the drive before use. So if you have some files on it, you will lose that. Beware!!!!!
374596
You have the ability to limit who accesses the information on the drive through assigned passwords setup for specific folders (separate from the public folder) that contain more sensitive data. For Public files such as music or photos you can choose not to add items or assign a password to prevent access.
416821
Yes. You can encrypt the data on the drive. The Synology website has a step-by-step tutorial on the process: https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/tutorials/455
765103
I used the system profiler. I believe you might be able to check by right clicking on the drive and selecting get info as well.
1224871
I'm honestly not sure, as I immediately formatted the drive when I got it. Sorry!
33136
No, the one I got at least was just a blank USB drive. But it is a good one. Truecrypt used to be a standard, but they stopped development. Bitlocker in Windows seems to work well.
1344586
Personnaly I never encounted this password problems. You should see a software engineer who will try to save your data before rebooting ...
981998
What Tony said. I use GiliSoft USB Encryption software (not free). It allows me to secure as much of the drive as I want ans leave the rest unsecured. I've been very pleased with it.
765102
I used the system profiler to check mine. I believe you can right click and select get info to see the specifics of the drive as well
1273329
It is probably a software pre-installed on the drive that is telling you to do that. If you don't want to use it, format the drive before you start using.
887954
This drive is very slow. I'd look elsewhere. possibly one with a usb port as well to pull data off if you forget the network admin password. I wouldnt bother with this.
1598641
Thank you for your question. Yes, this is no problem at all, the data can be read like with an usual flash drive on any computer.