You’re right georgectv . WD sync encrypts the data on the drive where as WD Smartware locks the drive.
I have replaced WD Smartware with Dmailer sync on my WD portable hard drive and Dmailer sync works in similar way to WD sync. But be warned – sync software is NOT backup software. You could loose data using sync software to backup your files.
So … as you you stated, files are visible on your drive but won’t appear as …
X:\users\public documents\secretletter.doc
… for example, but as …
X:\DmailerData\My profile\Data\Sync.4.0.deposit\a\a\0.dml
The .dml files are encrypted versions of your files. One profile on my portable hard drive contains approx. 49,000 dml files (file names 0.dml to 499.dml) in 99 folders (folders & sub-folder names a to z). So even though files can be viewed, they’re unreadable & secure (without the profile password).
Dmailer also have a free backup program called Dmailer Backup 3.0 which may suit your needs.
(PS: WD_sync which is now obsolete was written for Western Digital by Dmailer)
