There's nothing worse than realizing your external hard drive has been lost or stolen, when it contains sensitive personal or ...

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VeraCrypt is a disk encryption tool that works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, and can be used for encrypting backups stored on external drives. This makes it ideal for creating backups that you can ...

BitLocker supports 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption to provide a high level of security to files and folders on protected drives. BitLocker supports use of a simple password to unlock data ...

The BitLocker encryption built into higher-end versions of Windows Vista goes a long way toward locking out intruders at the boot-drive level, but it's neither 100% hassle-free nor 100% secure. Topics ...

If you lose a flash drive, external hard drive, ... The Ultimate and Business editions of Windows 7 and Vista come with BitLocker, a tool that lets you encrypt your entire hard drive.

If the drive doesn’t have hardware self-encryption (or you’re using Win7 or 8.1), BitLocker implements software encryption, which is less efficient, but still enforces password protection.

Enter the term “BitLocker” in the Windows Search Charm and then “Manage BitLocker.” Or scroll down to BitLocker Drive Encryption from System in Control Panel. Step 4. Turn on BitLocker. Step 5 ...

Samsung just introduced at CES it’s a 256-bit self-encrypted series of USB 3.0 hard drives. The drives include three new external drives, in 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB.