How do I encrypt a whole (external) USB harddisc (under Win2000 and WinXP)?

How do I encrypt a whole (external) USB harddisc (under Win2000 and WinXP)?

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How do I encrypt a whole (external) USB harddisc (under Win2000 and WinXP)? Frank Callone 07-11-2005
Posted by Frank Callone on July 11, 2005, 9:13 am
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Occasionally I connect an external USB harddisc to my computer in order to
backup serveral
directories. This works fine. However I would like to encrypt the whole USB
harddisc?

What is the best solutions?

I would like to connect to the USB harddisc under Win2000 and WinXP.
The Harddisc is NTFS formatted.

Is Microsofts EFS encrytion system stable?

What other tools are recommendable (under Windows)?
What about BestCrypt and DriveCrypt?

The most important criterias for me are stability and reliability.

Speed and costs are second order.

Frank


Posted by David Cross [MS] on July 12, 2005, 8:21 am
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I have used EFS on my USB drive without problems for several years now - all
is required that the rive is formatted with NTFS.

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> Occasionally I connect an external USB harddisc to my computer in order to
> backup serveral
> directories. This works fine. However I would like to encrypt the whole
> USB harddisc?
>
> What is the best solutions?
>
> I would like to connect to the USB harddisc under Win2000 and WinXP.
> The Harddisc is NTFS formatted.
>
> Is Microsofts EFS encrytion system stable?
>
> What other tools are recommendable (under Windows)?
> What about BestCrypt and DriveCrypt?
>
> The most important criterias for me are stability and reliability.
>
> Speed and costs are second order.
>
> Frank
>



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