Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Secure Lock Ware del fabbricante Buffalo
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www .bu ffa lotech . com User Manual - Secure Lock Ware Drive Encryption System v1.3 Ultra High Security - 256-bit Capable AES Encryption for Buffalo USB Hard Drives.
2 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting up Secure Lock Ware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Confi guration . . . .
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 Highlight Drive Encryption Settings and click Start . Confi guring Secure Lock Ware Choose Set Up Drive Encryption on Device and click Start ..
7 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. Confi guration Now, plug in the device that you want to encrypt and allow it to power up. Then click OK .
8 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.
9 Right-click on My Computer and select Manage . Reformatting Your Encrypted Device 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.
10 Click Next , Reformatting Your Device and Next again, and fi nally, click Finish ..
11 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".
12 Click Next, Reformatting Your Device then Next again, and again,.
13 and Next again. Reformatting Your Device 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.
14 Your encrypted device will begin to format. This may take several minutes if you did not select Perform a Quick Format . Reformatting Your Device When the format is fi nished, your encrypted device should be described as “Healthy”.
15 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.
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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.
19 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.
20 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.
21 You may start Secure Lock Ware at any time by clicking on Start/Programs/Buffalo/Secure Lock Ware . Using File Encrypter From the Secure Lock Ware menu, choose File Encryption Settings and click Start .
22 From the Encryption tab, choose a destination for Encrypted fi les. This is the location that encrypted fi les will be placed after the encryption process is run on them. Using File Encrypter From the Decryption tab, specify a destination for decrypted fi les.
23 From the Compression tab, choose a rate for compression. Low compression rates result in faster encryption processing, but make for larger fi les. High compression rates give smaller fi le sizes but take longer to compress and uncompress.
24 If you right click on any fi le, then an Encrypt option will be available. If you right click on any .CRY (encryption fi le), then a Decrypt option will be available. We’ve conveniently placed icons to the Encrypt and Decrypt fi le functions on the desk top.
25 Contact Information Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc. 4030 West Braker Lane, Suite 120 Austin, TX 78759-5319 GENERAL INQUIRIES Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:30pm CST Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: 512-794-8520 | Email: sales@buffalotech.
26 Buffalo Technology (Europe), Inc. 176 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4RD United Kingdom GENERAL INQUIRIES Email: sales@buffalo-technology.com TECHNICAL SUPPORT Technical Support in Europe is available between the hours of 9am-6pm (GMT) Monday to Thursday and 9am-4:30pm (GMT) Friday for this product.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Buffalo Secure Lock Ware è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Buffalo Secure Lock Ware - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Buffalo Secure Lock Ware imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Buffalo Secure Lock Ware ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Buffalo Secure Lock Ware, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Buffalo Secure Lock Ware.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Buffalo Secure Lock Ware. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Buffalo Secure Lock Ware insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
