I found a great black friday deal on a 250gb Essential Series My Book hard drive....Would be my first external HD
But I was wondering if theres any software (preferably free) you can install on it yourself to prevent unauthorized people from accessing the data, like lets say if it got stolen...Can I at least make it so you have to enter a password to use it? Can windows XP do that already or do I need 3rd party software?
Looking at the western digital's website, it doesnt look like it comes with any software except google. At least some kind of password would be nice.
But I was wondering if theres any software (preferably free) you can install on it yourself to prevent unauthorized people from accessing the data, like lets say if it got stolen...Can I at least make it so you have to enter a password to use it? Can windows XP do that already or do I need 3rd party software?
Looking at the western digital's website, it doesnt look like it comes with any software except google. At least some kind of password would be nice.
