I think the answer is yes. When you insert the drive into a Windows machine, the drive itself brings up a dialog that requests the password. If the machine is a Mac, you have to start a program that does the same thing. The drive then mounts the encrypted volume. When you finish with the drive, you use a special dismount command before using the eject command (Mac) or the "Stop this drive command" (Windows). I can't stress enough to not forget your password! There isno way to get it or the information back if you do. HTH Marshall
> On May 20, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for this. Do you know if you can use the Kingston secure drives on > public or computers of friends? I wouldn’t have admin rights. > > Thanks, > Traci > > On May 19, 2015, at 2:19 AM, Marshall Scott <mfsc...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi, Tracy, >> if you really want security on a USB drive, you should check out the >> hardware encrypted USB drives. I use Kingston drives and they are >> accessible on OS X and Windows 7. The advantage is that these drives >> require a password to mount the drives. The disadvantage is that if you >> forget your password, there is no way to recover your data. And,if someone >> tries to guess your password, the drive is erased after a number of times. >> Also, TrueCrypt is no longer being developed/supported. >> HTH Marshall >> >>> On May 17, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, I have been googling on various options for having a cross platform >>> secure USB drive. What do you recommend? If possible, I’d like a solution >>> that utilizes my existing USB stick. Though, I’m open to purchasing a new >>> USB drive with security built-in. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Traci >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
