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Hi, I have several hard drives full of personal documents (pictures, videos, etc) that I connect to a USB3 docking station whenever needed. I would like to password encrypt these drives. Can I do this with Truecrypt or Bitlocker? Which one is better? Will I risk losing all data during the encryption process or is it a safe operation? Most of the tutorials in Youtube describe how to encrypt system OS drives but not external USB drives. Thanks.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Dimension 8200/Personal Build
- OS
- Windows XP Professional SP3/Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- CPU
- Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz Northwood/Intel Core i7 3770K
- Motherboard
- North Bridge:Intel Tehama i850(E)/Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe
- Memory
- 2 Gb RDRAM Dual Channel/GSkill 32GB DDR3 1866
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI ALL-IN-WONDER X800 XT AGP/MSI GTX 660 Ti PE
- Sound Card
- Voyetra Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI/Onboard Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Viewsonic VP230mb ViewPanel
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200 32bit
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital 500Gb IDE drive (main drive) (XP PC)/Samsung 512GB 840 Pro Series SSD main+Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache as 2nd internal (Win 7 PC)
- PSU
- Dell OEM/Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850W TPG-850M
- Case
- Dell OEM/Corsair Obsidian 650DW-1 Midtower
- Cooling
- Dell OEM/Noctua NH-D14
- Keyboard
- Dell Multimedia keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech Cordless MouseMan® Optical M-RM63
