Samsung D3 2TB external hard drive - HELP

[buzzy]

I have recently purchased the Samsung D3 2TB External Hard Drive and I have added one file so far as a trial and this works fine. However the option to set up a password in the "secret zone" is not obvious which rather defeats the object.

I would appreciate any advice to solve this enigma?

[jojo]

I have one of these and agree, it isn't very clear.

First you need to install the drive manager, with the external drive attacked. There is a restart.

Next you open it and click the Secret Zone button. A second panel opens, click the + symbol

Enter a name, use the slider to adjust the size, select the drive letter., Press create and choose a password.

As for the 3 options, Autoconnect means connect when the drive is plugged in. But you still need to enter your password.

Disconnect means to disconnect the drive. Autodisconnect means to disconnect after a specified time.

I will say, I don't personally use this software. I found it cumbersome, slow and rather unreliable.



Forgot something. To unplug the whole drive, you need to right click on the Drive manager icon (bottom right of the screen) and select end.

[buzzy]

Thanks for the clarification, I also have had a Samsung 1TB portable USB drive for quite some time and I decided to delete all the pre-installed software and I use it simply as another storage system with no adverse effects. I have installed a free standing encryption program instead.

[jojo]

You're probably right.

Incidentally, I was using what I thought was an encryption program, idooFileEncryption, and discovered that the file can be easily read using Safe Mode!

I tried a few others and found the same problem. But some are very effective. These all tend to take a while to encrypt though.

If you have a decent one I'd love to hear about it.

[buzzy]

Like yourself I have tried several encryption programs and they can be very complicated. I use one called
"Folder Lock" which actually is not free, but is an excellent program.

www.newsoftwares.net

A FREE program called "Yadabyte Disc" is pretty good and dead easy to use too. It is not particularly good for large files since it can takes a while to complete, but it is successful.

www.brothersoft.com/yadabyte-disk-111153.html

Good luck.

[jojo]

Thank you Buzzy. Have downloaded Yadabyte and will try after I've done your daily jigsaw\!!

The other one looks really good.

[buzzy]

Jojo you are welcome.

I have both of those programs installed on my main desktop PC. "Folder Lock" is around £25 depending on which version one chooses, there is a limited duration version and a so called everlasting version and at the moment they are offering a discount.