Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware - Manuals

Page 2 - Table of Contents

2 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up Secure Lock Ware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Conﬁ guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reformatting Devic...

Page 3 - System Requirements; Introduction

3 Do you keep sensitive material on your portable hard drive? Secure Lock Ware’s 256-bit capable AES encryption provides powerful protection for data on your portable USB devices. When Secure Lock Ware is conﬁ gured, no one will be able to access the data on your portable device without entering the...

Page 4 - Setting up Secure Lock Ware

4 Insert your MiniStation CD in the CD drive of the computer that you’ll be using to access the portable device. If it doesn’t start automatically, open My Computer and browse your CD drive. Double-click on the Setup.exe ﬁ le to open the installation program. Setting up Secure Lock Ware To begin, cl...

Page 6 - Confi guring Secure Lock Ware

6 Highlight Drive Encryption Settings and click Start . Conﬁ guring Secure Lock Ware Choose Set Up Drive Encryption on Device and click Start .

Page 7 - Confi guration

7 Do not connect the device that you want to encrypt to the computer at this time. If you've already connected it, disconnect it now. Click OK. Conﬁ guration Now, plug in the device that you want to encrypt and allow it to power up. Then click OK .

Page 9 - Reformatting Your Encrypted Device

9 Right-click on My Computer and 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 - Reformatting Your Device

10 Click Next , Reformatting Your Device and Next again, and ﬁ nally, click Finish .

Page 16 - Using Secure Lock Ware

16 When you use your encrypted device, you’ll have to enter your password. This will happen whenever a computer with the device attached is booted, and when the device is plugged into a computer. If this window doesn’t open automatically, you may open it manually from the Secure Lock Ware software b...

Page 18 - Removing Secure Lock Ware (Disable Drive Encryption)

18 As long as you know the password, you may remove Secure Lock Ware’s Encryption from a device at any time. This will erase any data on the device. For information on removing the Secure Lock Ware software from a computer, see page 20. To disable ecryption on a device, select Remove Drive Encryptio...

Page 20 - Removing Secure Lock Ware Software from your PC

20 To remove Secure Lock Ware software from a computer, select Start/Buffalo/Secure 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 enc...

Page 21 - Using File Encrypter

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 25 - Contact Information; GENERAL INQUIRIES

25 Contact Information Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc.4030 West Braker Lane, Suite 120Austin, TX 78759-5319 GENERAL INQUIRIES Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:30pm CST Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: 512-794-8520 | Email: [email protected] TECHNICAL SUPPORT North American Tech...