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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by Megn
For the encryption on my external drive, the drive shows up as a CD player when I plug it in. There's a .exe file named Unlock. Launching it pops up a window with a box for a password. Once I provide the correct password, a new drive letter appears giving me access to the drive.
Thanks. If you plug a new thumb drive into your computer, does it automatically get provisioned with the encryption software, or do you have to do that yourself?

What if there are already files on the removeable media - i.e. if you borrow a friend's thumb drive and then plug it in, what happens?
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