hi all my external hard drive is working properly there was an internal connection problem thank you all for all the help now i have a question i have used the drive to back up all my data on boath my netbook and pc running windows 7 ultimate now the question is is there any way by which i can protect the hard drive with a password i mean if any one connects the hard drive to his computer it will ask for a password or if any 1 tries to format it will ask for a password beafore formatting it please help -- created using a dell inspiron mini 10(1012) NETBOOK win7ultimate ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq