Hard drive encryption is an integral step for anyone looking to secure their data. It is a process which will go a step beyond regular password security and will ensure that a hard drive remain secure only to the user. However, it is important to note that once a hard drive is encrypted, ITS can not remove the encryption so any files that cannot be accessed may remain that way until the user themselves can access them.
There are both paid and free software for OSX and WIndows, this guide will focus mainly on OSX 10.8 and above and Windows 7 and above.
Note: Drive encryption may require you to format your drive.
OSX 10.8 and above
1.OSX Disk Encryption (free)
OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) provides an easy and very simple way for users to encrypt their external drives.
To encrypt a drive on OSX Mountain Lion, simply right click the drive, either in the finder window or on your desktop.
From here select the Encrypt option.
You will be presented with this window. Here, you can type the password you want to set for your drive and a hint that may help you remember it.
Remember: If you forget your password you will NOT be able to access your drive in any way.
Type in your password and hint and press Encrypt Disk
Note: If you into this error, follow this quick fix. However, doing so WILL erase your hard drive.
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