Addind a password to external hard drive?

Deployer78
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I recently purchases an external hard drive, a Seagate - BlackArmor 500GB. Does anybody know how to add a password to it such that if I lose it nobody will be able to see my information and files?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Crash82
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1/22/2010 7:16am Edited Date/Time 1/22/2010 7:17am
The drive was designed to use hardware encryption, I haven't fooled with one but since security is one of the main features of the drive, it should be pretty easy. Can you read?
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Step 1: Connect the drive to your computer.
Preparing the BlackArmor Drive for Use 2
Maxtor Black Armor
The Configure window opens:
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Step 2: Select your BlackArmor drive from the dropdown menu.
Step 3: Enter the 25-character identification code printed on the drive label.
Step 4: Enter and confirm a drive password.
The password must contain between 6 and 32 characters.
Step 5: Click Set.
A message confirms that a password has been set successfully and offers the
option of setting a password hint:
Step 6: Click Done to close the Black Armor Manager window or Set Password Hint to
create a password hint.
Note: For information on setting a password hint, see Setting a Password Hint.
Figure 1:


page 2 Jesus h Christ, Dave was Right.
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1/22/2010 7:22am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 8:15pm
Crash beat me to a lot of it.

This review discusses the method.
http://computershopper.com/...ckarmor-ps-110-500gb

Just so you know....putting a password on a portable drive will not make the drive unreadable.

A casual user wouldn't be able to compromise it but anyone with any savvy would be able to with ease.

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1/22/2010 7:36am

Crash82, your link doesn't work. I set up the hard drive just the way the instructions said, however it never asked me to assign a password like it says in Step 4 of your instructions.

jndmx, Thanks for the info. I'll read through link and try it again.


Thanks for suggestions.
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1/22/2010 7:57am Edited Date/Time 1/22/2010 8:01am
there's a guide on the Maxtor site, oh well good luck
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1/22/2010 7:58am Edited Date/Time 1/22/2010 8:01am
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