Flash Drive Management

How to encrypt and manage encrypted flashdrives

Encrypting a Flash Drive

Mac

1. Insert flash drive into computer

2. Open a new Finder window and navigate to Applications

3. Go to Utilities, then Disk Utility

4. MORE HERE NOTE: Password encryption in this manner reformats the flash drive to be Mac-Only; you will be unable to use this drive on a PC!

Converting a Mac Encrypted Drive to a PC-Accessible Drive

1. Connect the drive

2. Open a new Terminal window and write the following prompts;

3. Run cmd

4. Run diskpart.exe

5. Run list disk and find the disk that corresponds to your drive

6. Select the disk (it will be labeled with a number of letter) by typing in that character

7. Confirm that you are using the correct disk by typing detail disk

8. Run clean (Warning: This command erases the disk's partition information. Any data on the disk will no longer be accessible.)

9. Run create partition primary

10. Run active

11. Run format fs=fat32 quick

12. Run assign: this command assigns the drive a letter on your machine

13. Run exit to quit this prompt