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How to Encrypt Data in External Hard Drive & USB
31 May 2017 Senior Product Manager
Summary
Solution to provide 100% security to data in your external hard drive & USB - encrypt the important data with password! 3 simple steps is enough! 2 password mode and guest password are available.
Since the external USB drive is portable, more and more people like to save data in USB drive or external hard drive and take it anywhere. But in others words, portable sometimes means easy to lost. When we lost or borrow the USB to others, how can we make sure the safety of the data in USB drive and external hard drive? Best method is encrypt them with password. So others can not easily open or even use the data inside.
With professional external hard drive encryption software – Renee File Protector, you can easily encrypt the data inside with password. You can lock any folders which contains important data in USB drive and external hard drive. Then even other borrow your external storage devices, they can use it normally but can not check or edit the data which you have protected with Renee File Protector. Only correct password can access the target data.
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Advantages of Renee File Protector
- Supports encrypt files/folders/partitions in different storage devices like local disk, external hard disk, USB disk, memory card, etc.
- Being able to password protect the data in shared folder.
- Provides hide, lock, protect, monitor, encrypt, and safe delete functions.
- Advanced settings provide a better protection to Renee File Protector and your data.
- Guest password is provided. You can set one which allow other to check your files but can not edit it.
Encrypt Data in External Hard Disk/USB with Renee File Protector
The first time you use Renee File Protector, you will be required to set your master password and the email address which can help you recover the password when you forget it.
Step 1: Launch Renee File Protector and click “Lock File” in “External Disk”. Then connect your external hard disk to computer.
Step 2: Click “Lock Folder” on the right side and select the target folder in external hard drive.
After selecting the folder(s), you need to set the password. Renee File Protector provides 2 password modes for external hard disk. Please select the mode you need.
*Now, new version provides “Guest Password” which can authorize users to check the files but can not unlock.
Step 3: Check & edit the files inside the password protected folder.
Target computer does not need to install Renee File Protector.
After lock, it will create a new file named “(original name of the folder).exe”. Then the original folder will be deleted automatically.
If you want to access the password protected folder and edit the files inside, please click this .exe file and then enter the related password in the pop up window.
Step 4: After entering the correct password, a floating window of the password protected folder will be shown on the right-top corner on desktop.
You can click “View”, “Change Password” and “Unlock” to make the operation you want.
How to Unlock the Folder Permanently in External Hard Drive
Unlock in Other Computer (Without Renee File Protector)
After lock, it will create a new file named “(original name of the folder).exe”. Then the original folder will be deleted automatically. If you want to unlock folder permanently, please click this .exe file and then enter the password you set before in the pop up window.
After unlock, please click “Unlock” in the floating window and confirm the operation.
Unlock with Renee File Protector
If you want to unlock the folder in your own computer which you password the folder in, you can unlock it with Renee File Protector.
①. Click “Lock File” in “External Disk”.
②. Select the target folder(s).
③. Click “Unlock” button.
④. Enter the password you set.
No so clear about the operation? Get more from the video!
Want to provide 100% security to your external hard drive & USB drive? Try Renee File Protector! Encrypt any folders in external storage devices. Only correct password can access the data inside. Download the free version to test all functions inside!
