Hello everybody ,
I would like to know in WHAT does the encryption of the external hard dik consist exactly : is it a password to get access to the external hard drive , and then you see the folders and files or doest it also encrypt the files themselves ?
Thanks…
Best regards - Yannick.
It is hardware encrypted by a circuitboard. There is no way to turn it off it’s always active whether you use a password or not. It is not related to smartware either.
Joe
thanks for the answer , but my question was :
is this a password just to have ACCESS to the external hard-drive or does it ALSO encrypt the files and folders on the hard-disk ? - More simply : is this a password which looks like the pass-word you enter when you open Windows ? - Once it’s opened , the files are not encrypted - is it like that with WD encryption or not ? I’m just searching for a password to secure the access to my external hard-drive - no need encryption for the folders and files on it ? OK ?
(hope i was more lucid this time 
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Best regards - Yannick.
