Freecom Technologies Tough Drive Sport

Freecom Hard Drive Protection Tool

4.2 Using the Freecom Hard Drive Protec tion Tool (Mac)

Your Freecom ToughDrive Sport is eq uipped with a p assword protection featur e. This

provides the best possible protection. Your data is always protected, even if the internal

hard drive is taken out of the enclosure and connected to a computer, you still will n ot

be able to access the data.

If your Mac is shut down or sent to hibernation, we recommend to completely disconnect-

ing the ToughDrive Sport from your Mac in order to reactivate the password protection.

Some Macs keep USB devices supplied with power when being in h ibernation mode,

therefore you remain logged in with your password.

4.2.1 Configuring the password pr otection

1. Connect your Freecom ToughDrive Sport to your Mac. A Hard Disk Drive (“FREECOM

HDD”) and a Virtual CD-ROM Drive (“Password” ) will appear.

The Virtual CD-ROM Drive is an undeletable p artition on your ToughDrive Sport on

which the Freecom Hard Drive Protection software is stored . This ensures that you

always have the password protection application available when needed, it can not

be accidentally deleted.

2. Open the CD-ROM drive and double-click on “Passwo rd”.