Storage Appliance HD325 User Manual

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Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide

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OW DO

ENABLE PASSWORD PROTECTION

You can enable password protection from the

Backup Summary

screen.

♦ To enable password protection:

1. Click

Enable Security

2. Type your password in both the

New Password

and

Retype Password

fields.

3. Optionally set a hint. See below for details.

4. Click

OW DOES SETTING A

‘

HINT

’

HELP ME

If you forget your password, then, as noted in the warning above, you have effectively

lost access to all of the backups on your Portable Backup Drive.

Clickfree gives you a second chance at remembering the password, in the form of a hint.

If you choose to set a hint, then when

Clickfree

asks you for your password you can

click the Show hint link and see the hint you entered when you enabled password
protection.

However, don’t forget that anyone who finds or steals your Portable Backup Drive can

also click the link and see your hint. This means that your hint should be as difficult to
use as possible for anyone other than yourself – in fact, it means that your hint should be

as secure as your password. There is no point at all in having a strong password but

using a hint that gives it away to anyone who clicks the link.

Warning: Be sure to pick a hint that would be difficult for anyone else to interpret and

that you will be able to remember – if you forget your password and cannot