Piggy said:
I keep all my data on a external hard drive and I want to prevent any of the
data being read if the hard drive was stolen.
Would it be possible to have encrypted data on an external hard drive that
more than one person can read? I'm only using Win XP Pro.
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You can share encrypted files, but you may find that you have to specify
them individually (as opposed to the entire folder).
Please bear in mind that the XP encryption does work. The keys are tied to
your account at a low level, so should changes occur to your account - say,
during a re-install - you can permanently lose access to the data.
If your machine is stolen and you create a new account without being able to
import the credentials, you will have permanently lost access to your data.
If you choose to invoke encryption, be absolutely certain that you have
backed up and verified the credentials, stored a tested, extra copy in a
secure offsite location, and created a recovery agent.
So, you may also wish to consider other encryption packages that are more
portable. However, you must still be careful with the keys and regularly
verify access to the data.
HTH
-pk