On an external hard drive, users store data that is personal in nature and cannot be accessed by unauthorized people. Accordingly, there is a need to protect an external hard disk drive. The best option is to set a password on the media using the Cryptainer encryption program.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - external hard drive;
- - the Internet;
- - browser;
- - Cryptainer program.
Instructions
Step 1
Launch your browser and go to the search page. You can download it from the official website of the manufacturer of this software www.cypherix.com. Install the program to a local drive on your computer, namely to the system directory
Step 2
Open the program. A window for entering basic settings will appear automatically. Specify the location on the hard drive for the special encrypted container, the allocated memory size and set the password for the container. You should not set an easy password, as this reduces the efficiency of using the program. Try to choose a combination of numbers and letters that do not mean anything, that is, they are not associated with any words or dates.
Step 3
Read the help on working with the protection program - it is displayed in the form of messages on the program screen. It describes how it works and gives advice on how to set up proper data protection. Click the Load button and select the data you want to protect. The program will ask about their location, as well as ask you to set a password and select an encryption method. As a result of the program's operation, an encrypted container will appear.
Step 4
If you need to open a container on a computer that does not have Cryptainer, the DecypherIT utility will help you. However, you will have to enter the password to access the data in any case, which is the protection of data from strangers. In general, we can say that protecting any external hard drive is not difficult, as well as all information, however, antivirus software must also be installed on the computer.
