Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware User manual

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Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware is a powerful tool for protecting sensitive data on your portable USB devices, using AES 256-bit encryption to ensure that your data is safe from unauthorized access. With Secure Lock Ware, you can protect your data without compromising convenience, as it allows you to access your files normally once you have entered your password. Additionally, the File Encrypter software included with Secure Lock Ware lets you encrypt and decrypt individual files easily, giving you even more control over your data security.

Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware is a powerful tool for protecting sensitive data on your portable USB devices, using AES 256-bit encryption to ensure that your data is safe from unauthorized access. With Secure Lock Ware, you can protect your data without compromising convenience, as it allows you to access your files normally once you have entered your password. Additionally, the File Encrypter software included with Secure Lock Ware lets you encrypt and decrypt individual files easily, giving you even more control over your data security.

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User Manual - Secure Lock Ware
Drive Encryption System
v2.2
Ultra High Security - 256-bit
capable AES Encryption for
Buffalo USB Hard Drives and
USB Memory
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Setting up Secure Lock Ware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conguration...................6
Reformatting Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
UsingSecureLockWare...........................16
EnteringyourPassword.................16
Locking a Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Removing Secure Lock Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Disabling Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Uninstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
File Encrypter Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Doyoukeepsensitivematerialonyourportableharddrive?SecureLockWare’s256-
bit capable AES encryption provides powerful protection for data on your portable USB
devices.WhenSecureLockWareiscongured,noonewillbeabletoaccessthedataon
yourportabledevicewithoutenteringthecorrectpassword-period.
AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard and is one of the most secure forms of
encryption currently available.
Protect your password carefully! Your data is only secure as long as your password is
secret.Ontheotherhand,ifyouloseyourpassword,youwillnotbeabletoaccessdata
on your device.
System Requirements
Windows®2000,XP™,orVista™onanyclientcomputersthattheportableUSBdevice
will be used with.
AcompatibleUSBstoragedevice,suchasaBuffaloashmemorystickorexternal
harddrive.Note:opticalformatssuchasDVD-RandCD-Rarenotcompatiblewith
SecureLockWare encryption.
Introduction
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Insert your DriveNavigator 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letoopentheinstallationprogram.
Setting up Secure Lock Ware
Tobegin,clickontheInstall SecureLockWare button.
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Setting up Secure Lock Ware
This screen will appear. Click Start.
Wheninstallationcompletes,click
Next to open the
Settings screen. Secure Lock Ware software is now
installedonyourcomputer,butyoustillneedtosetup
encryption on the device.
IfyourdevicewasalreadyencryptedfromanotherPC,
just click Finish instead of Next. You may now access the
device normally.
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Highlight Drive Encryption Settings and click Start.
Conguring Secure Lock Ware
Choose Set Up Drive Encryption on Device and click Start.
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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.
Conguration
Now,pluginthedevicethatyouwantto
encrypt and allow it to power up. Then click
OK.
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Enter your desired password twice and choose either AES 128
bitsecurityorAES256bitsecurity.Becausethisencryptionis
extremelysecure,informationonyourdevicewillbeinaccessible
if you forget your password. You may wish to enter a hint to help
you remember the password later. Click OK when done.
Conguration
If you click Yesonthisscreen,yourdevicewillbeencryptedand
all data currently on it will be lost.
Click OKtonishconguration.Now,you’llneedtoreformat
the device.
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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.
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Click Next,
Reformatting Your Device
and Nextagain,
andnally,click
Finish.
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The drive that you need to format will have
a black bar to the right of it because it’s
“Unallocated”. Usually this will be "Disk
1".Right-clickontheblackbarandselect
New Partition.
Reformatting Your Device
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Click Next,
Reformatting Your Device
then Next again,
andagain,
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and Next again.
Reformatting Your Device
Leave the le system set to NTFS, but you can change the
Volume Label (the drive’s name in My Computer) if desired.
Checking Perform a Quick Format will greatly speed up the
format process.
Finally,click
Finish.
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Your encrypted device will begin to format.
This may take several minutes if you did not
select Perform a Quick Format.
Reformatting Your Device
Whentheformatisnished,yourencrypted
device should be described as “Healthy”.
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Open up My Computer. You should be able to see your
new device, ready to use! Ifyou chose the defaults during
installation,yournewdrivewillbenamed"NewVolume"or
otherwise,the drivewillbe namedwhateveryou enteredas
“VolumeLabel”onpage13.
Reformatting Your Device
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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 by clicking
on Unlock the Device on this PC.
Ifyouenteranincorrectpassword,accesstothedevicewillbedenied.Ifyouchoseto
includeahintwithyourpassword,thehintwillbedisplayed.
Toaccesstheencryptedstoragedevice,aPCmusthavetheSecureLockWaresoftware
installed. See page 4 for instructions on installing the Secure Lock Ware software on the
computer if it’s not already installed.
Onceyouhaveenteredthepassword,youmayusethestoragedevicenormally.Itwill
appear in My Computerwiththenextavailabledriveletter.
Using Secure Lock Ware
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To lock your encrypted device without unplugging it from
yourcomputer,selectLock the Device from within Secure
Lock Ware software and then click Start.
Alternately,youcouldselectStart/Buffalo/Secure Lock
Ware,andthenclickonLock the Device.
Oncethedeviceislocked,youwillhavetounlockthe
device and reenter your password before you can access
data on the device.
Using Secure Lock Ware (Lock Device)
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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encryptiononadevice,selectRemove Drive
Encryption from Device from the Secure Lock Ware program.
Now,select
Decrypt to disable encryption on the drive.
Note: If you use Secure Lock Ware Encryption on more than
onedevice,it’srecommendedthatyoudisconnectfromthePCallencrypteddevicesexcept
the one that you wish to remove encryption from before disabling drive encryption.
Removing Secure Lock Ware (Disable Drive Encryption)
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Now,clickYes,
enter your password one last time and click OK,
and then click OK again. You will now need to reformat
thedevicetouseit.Seepages9-15forinstructionson
reformatting the device.
Removing Secure Lock Ware (Disable Drive Encryption)
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ToremoveSecureLockWaresoftwarefromacomputer,selectStart/Buffalo/Secure Lock
Ware/Uninstaller.
Now,clickStart,
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 encrypted with Secure Lock Ware.
Removing Secure Lock Ware Software from your PC
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Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware User manual

Type
User manual
This manual is also suitable for

Buffalo Technology Secure Lock Ware is a powerful tool for protecting sensitive data on your portable USB devices, using AES 256-bit encryption to ensure that your data is safe from unauthorized access. With Secure Lock Ware, you can protect your data without compromising convenience, as it allows you to access your files normally once you have entered your password. Additionally, the File Encrypter software included with Secure Lock Ware lets you encrypt and decrypt individual files easily, giving you even more control over your data security.

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