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User Manual - Secure Lock Ware

Drive Encryption System

v1.7

Ultra High Security - 256-bit

Capable AES Encryption for

Buffalo USB Hard Drives

Summary of Contents for DriveStation HD-HS1.0TQ

Page 1: ...www buffalotech com User Manual Secure Lock Ware Drive Encryption System v1 7 Ultra High Security 256 bit Capable AES Encryption for Buffalo USB Hard Drives ...

Page 2: ... 4 Installing Software 4 Configuration 6 Reformatting Device 9 Using Secure Lock Ware 16 Entering your Password 16 Locking a Device 17 Removing Secure Lock Ware 18 Disabling Encryption 18 Uninstalling Software 20 File Encrypter Software 21 Contact Information 25 ...

Page 4: ...the portable device If it doesn t start automatically open My Computer and browse your CD drive Double click on the Setup exe file to open the installation program Setting up Secure Lock Ware To begin click on the Secure Lock Ware Software Installation button then click on Secure Lock Ware Setup ...

Page 5: ...mpletes click Next to open the Settings screen Secure Lock Ware software is now installed on your computer but you still need to set up encryption on the device If your device was already encrypted from another PC just click Finish instead of Next You may now access the device normally ...

Page 6: ... Highlight Drive Encryption Settings and click Start Configuring Secure Lock Ware Choose Set Up Drive Encryption on Device and click Start ...

Page 7: ... device that you want to encrypt to the computer at this time If you ve already connected it disconnect it now Click OK Configuration Now plug in the device that you want to encrypt and allow it to power up Then click OK ...

Page 8: ...mation on your device will be inaccessible if you forget your password You may wish to enter a hint to help you remember the password later Click OK when done Configuration If you click Yes on this screen your device will be encrypted and all data currently on it will be lost Click OK to finish configuration Now you ll need to reformat the device ...

Page 9: ...d select Manage Reformatting Your Encrypted Device On the left side under Storage click on Disk Management Your hard drives CD drives and other devices will appear to the bottom right and the Initialize and Convert Wizard will open ...

Page 10: ...10 Click Next Reformatting Your Device and Next again and finally click Finish ...

Page 11: ...he drive that you need to format will have a black bar to the right of it because it s Unallocated Usually this will be Disk 1 Right click on the black bar and select New Partition Reformatting Your Device ...

Page 12: ...12 Click Next Reformatting Your Device then Next again and again ...

Page 13: ...atting Your Device Leave the file system set to NTFS but you can change the Volume Label the drive s name in My Computer if desired Checking Perform a Quick Format will greatly speed up the format process Finally click Finish ...

Page 14: ...ypted device will begin to format This may take several minutes if you did not select Perform a Quick Format Reformatting Your Device When the format is finished your encrypted device should be described as Healthy ...

Page 15: ... able to see your new device ready to use If you chose the defaults during installation your new drive will be named New Volume or otherwise the drive will be named whatever you entered as Volume Label on page 13 Reformatting Your Device ...

Page 17: ...hin Secure Lock Ware software and then click Start Alternately you could select Start Buffalo Secure Lock Ware and then click on Lock the Device Once the device is locked you will have to unlock the device and reenter your password before you can access data on the device Using Secure Lock Ware Lock Device ...

Page 19: ...your password one last time and click OK and then click OK again You will now need to reformat the device to use it See pages 9 15 for instructions on reformatting the device Removing Secure Lock Ware Disable Drive Encryption ...

Page 20: ...Lock Ware Uninstaller Now click Start and then click Yes to restart your computer Secure Lock Ware software will be removed from the computer This computer will no longer be able to access devices that are encrypted with Secure Lock Ware Removing Secure Lock Ware Software from your PC ...

Page 21: ...21 You may start Secure Lock Ware at any time by clicking on Start Programs Buffalo Secure Lock Ware Using File Encrypter From the Secure Lock Ware menu choose File Encryption Settings and click Start ...

Page 22: ...he location that encrypted files will be placed after the encryption process is run on them Using File Encrypter From the Decryption tab specify a destination for decrypted files This is the location that decrypted files will be placed after the decryption process is run on them ...

Page 23: ...sing but make for larger files High compression rates give smaller file sizes but take longer to compress and uncompress Using File Encrypter The Startup tab lets you choose whether or not to have shortcuts to Encryption and Decryption tools on the desktop You may also add these options to files when right clicked ...

Page 24: ...file then a Decrypt option will be available We ve conveniently placed icons to the Encrypt and Decrypt file functions on the desk top You may disable these on page 23 Dragging file s onto these icons will result in them being encrypted or decrypted depending on which icon the files is placed on Using File Encrypter ...

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