Security
Like I mentioned on the other page, USB drives make it easy to exchange data. That might present a problem for some people that need to transport sensitive data. How can they know it is securely transported with a USB device? One scenario could be that you simply loose the drive mid-transport and/or some malicious person takes the drive with or without your knowing and consent. These are things that, for some people, are unacceptable. Here's where the EZ-Drives come in. They have the ability to protect your data. Users can lock and secure the drive or part of the drive with a password. With a piece of software called Safedisc, the drive is secured. This will deter most malicious persons from accessing your data. Of course it is by no means a fail-safe solution, but let's face it, if your data is that important, you don't want to transport your data in this matter anyway. Securing the drive is very simple, you start the format program that is initially located on the drive itself or can be downloaded from the site. With this tool you can divide the drive into 2 sections after supplying a password, a public area and a security area. The public area needs to have at least 3 MB on the drive in which the locking tool is placed and that public area is needed to display the drive initially so the locking tool can unlock the security area.
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So each time you plug in the drive the public area is displayed and then you use the locking tool to enter the password and unlock the security area. When you unplug the drive without locking it first the drive will still lock the security area itself. The write protect switch does not interfere with this process, it still lets you unlock the drive and see the security area, but it still doesn't allow you to write in either areas. Only the locking tool allows you to lock and unlock the drive and change the password if needed. When the security area is open the locking program holds it open, this means that if you use the safe removal option Windows offers, it will tell you the drive is still in use and not allow you to safely unplug the drive. 
Formatting the drive can be done using the format tool. It allows you to format whether the drive is locked or not. If you format the drive when it's locked you will simply loose the security area without accessing it and when you have unlocked the drive you are presumably the rightful owner and you know very well that you are formatting it, in both cases you will be warned by the program.
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