How to password protect an external hard drive without encrypting it?
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Mar 15, 202643438 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I carry my external hard drive around with me sometimes, and was wondering if there was a way to password protect the entire drive, with no hassles or anything, just a simple password protection...if possible this solution should prevent someone from trying to format the drive...thanks! note: shoul…
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The only way I can see to make this possible is to use the password protection mechanisms of Parallel ATA (aka IDE). The PATA spec allows setting a hard drive password: hard drive passwords and security The disk lock is a built-in security feature i…
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