A password can be given to a partitioned GCC hard drive be used in case you forget the password for an individual partition. (A GCC hard drive that is not a partitioned device cannot be given a password.)
Setting or changing a password:
1. In the DriveManager's main window, select the GCC hard drive that you want to give a password to.
2. Click the Password… button.
3. If the volume already has a password, you will be asked to enter it. Then two dialogs will appear, each time asking you to type in the new password. The passwords must match in order for the new password to take effect. Each time, type in the password and click OK.
Deleting a password:
If you wish to remove the volume password follow the steps above, but in step 3 just press the Return key for both dialogs which ask you for the new password.
The volume password is a "master password" and can be entered in place of the partition password to access any partition on the hard disk.
NOTE: If you have any password protected partitions you should make sure you have set the volume password. If you do not, anyone could set the volume password and use it to gain access to your protected partitions.
It is extremely important not to forget your volume password, or to let anyone else discover it. If someone knows a partition password they can access that one partition, but if someone knows your volume password, they can access all of your protected partitions.
Some examples of bad passwords are names, dates, words, or things that are easy to type (e.g. "qwerty"). Any of the above with an odd character thrown in (e.g. "John%Smith") or odd case switching (e.g. "sEcreT") makes a good password that is easy to remember. Nonsense words are even less likely to be guessed, though they are harder to remember.
Passwords should not be written down, and they should be changed periodically.
