On 07/08/12 17:54, Per Jessen wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
I haven't worked with Windows in 10+ years, but now I occasionally have the need to transfer data (usually large amounts) from a customer Windows (XP or newer) machine to our local Linux machines - usually on a portable 2Tb USB-connected harddrive. This is generally done ad-hoc, so no real time or possiblity to prep the source Windows system with software etc.
Is there a way to encrypt or password protect such a harddrive/ filesystem such that it is accessible from Windows and Linux both? (with very few or no changes on the Windows source system). If the same systems would work the Macs too it would be great :-)
All pointers appreciated. Aren't there external HDDs available which have password protection? I
On 07/08/12 17:32, Per Jessen wrote: think Western Digital have such HDDs. I think the password feature is built into the harddisks these days, but does it work with Windows out-of-the-box?
Only way to find out is to give the distributor a call :-) , but I don't see why it shouldn't work as the password is built-in into the controller on the HDD. [....] BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.8.4 & kernel 3.5.0-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org