How Should I Password-Protect an External Hard Drive?
✴️ You want more than a password; you want encryption. Encrypting an external drive can be done with the right software.
✴️ Protecting an external hard drive
If you have Windows Pro edition and plan to use your external drive only with other machines using Windows Pro, then BitLocker is a simple and quick way to encrypt your external drive with a password. If you need to support Windows Home edition or other operating systems, VeraCrypt can be an excellent solution.
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Chapters
0:00 Password-Protect External Hard Drive
0:54 Protecting your information
1:06 We'll show BitLocker and VeraCrypt
1:25 In Windows Pro
2:10 Do not forget your password
2:40 Save key to Microsoft Account
3:20 Encrypt the entire drive?
4:00 Bitlocker is easy to use
4:25 Downsides
5:10 On Windows Home VeraCrypt
6:55 Create a volume
11:40 Opening an encrypted drive
14:50 Encrypt single file
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