Seagate self encrypting drive software

Community Accepted Solution. Replies 5. MicroTest 4 Tellurium. This drive can be protected by a password no encryption and to enter a password you need of course a software. Hi Microtest, Thanks for the reply, I've looked at a number of software FDE packages including TrueCrypt unfortunately in all cases they fail on one of our laptop models. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources.

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SeaChest Utilities SeaChest Utilities are command line utilities which are available for expert users. Use this setting only on a computer that no one else uses. You'll still need a password to unlock the drive when connected to other computers. You can disable security so that a password is no longer needed to unlock the device. It will function as an unsecured drive with no password protection. You can always re-enable security again at a later date using the password you created.

Adding another user changes the unlock prompt when connecting the secure drive to a computer. When only a single user is enabled, the secure drive requires a single password for the owner or 'admin' of the drive:. With multi-user enabled, the user unlocking the drive must enter both their username and password.

As the owner of the secure drive, your username is "Admin" and you continue to enter the same password. You'll provide the second user with a username and an initial password. The second user can access content on the drive but cannot perform all security actions:. The administrator can disable the second user but maintain their details so they can be re-enabled later.

A crypto-erase securely deletes all data on the drive—it can never be recovered—while keeping your security settings in place. Your password remains the same. A factory reset deletes all data on the drive and removes all security settings, including your password.

This version can now be opened and edited and then encrypted again. Note : You cannot encrypt or decrypt a file in a folder within Ceedo for example, My Documents found in Ceedo.

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