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User Manual - Secure Lock Ware
Drive Encryption System
Ultra High Security - 256-bit Capable
AES Encryption for Buffalo USB Hard
Drives
v1.3
www.buffalotech.com
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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up Secure Lock Ware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Confi guration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Reformatting Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using Secure Lock Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Entering your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Locking a D
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Introduction 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 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
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Setting up Secure Lock Ware 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. To begin, click on the Secure Lock Ware Software Installation button, then click on Secure Lock Ware Setup. 4
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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. 5
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Confi guring Secure Lock Ware Highlight Drive Encryption Settings and click Start. Choose Set Up Drive Encryption on Device and click Start. 6
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Confi guration 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. Now, plug in the device that you want to encrypt and allow it to power up. Then click OK. 7
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Confi guration 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. If you click Yes on this screen, your device will be encrypted and all data currently on it will be lost. Click OK to fi nish confi guration. Now, you’ll need to refor
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Reformatting Your Encrypted Device Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. 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. 9
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Reformatting Your Device Click Next, and Next again, and fi nally, click Finish. 10
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Reformatting Your Device 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. 11
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Reformatting Your Device Click Next, then Next again, and again, 12
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Reformatting Your Device and Next again. Leave the fi 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. 13
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Reformatting Your Device Your encrypted device will begin to format. This may take several minutes if you did not select Perform a Quick Format. When the format is fi nished, your encrypted device should be described as “Healthy”. 14
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Reformatting Your Device 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. 15
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Using Secure Lock Ware 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
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Using Secure Lock Ware (Lock Device) 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. 17
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Removing Secure Lock Ware (Disable Drive Encryption) 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 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 Encry
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Removing Secure Lock Ware (Disable Drive Encryption) Now, click Yes, 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. 19
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Removing Secure Lock Ware Software from your PC 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 encrypted with Secure Lock Ware. 20
