Will I be able to use my encrypted USB drive on other computers?

As long as you know the password that you used to encrypt the drive, you will be able to access the files saved on it on other computers.

  • On PAU Domain Machines - You will be prompted for your encryption password whenever you try to use your device on another University domain Windows machine. (This includes staff workstations and Public computers)
  • On Non-PAU Machines - You will be prompted for your encryption password whenever you plug in your device on a non-PAU Windows machine.
  • On Mac - There is no officially supported versions for use with Macs. There are third party softwares available that will allow you access to the encrypted device, but these are used at your own discretion.
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