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‎05-08-2012 05:18 PM

Can you password protect the external 500 hard drive?

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‎05-08-2012 09:09 PM

It depends on the drive. Only the ones that come with Smartware. Elements is a plain drive and no password capability built in.

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‎05-10-2012 07:08 AM

You can use third party software to do that....

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