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Ni newbieweb,<br />
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Were you able to encrypt your HDD with the steps I've provided? Or haven't you tried them?
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Ni newbieweb,

Were you able to encrypt your HDD with the steps I've provided? Or haven't you tried them?

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Thanks, I wil finally give this a try and post new questions with any new problems.<br />
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Thanks.
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Thanks, I wil finally give this a try and post new questions with any new problems.

Thanks.

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I have an external HDD I was using for backups but when I decided to encrypt it, is was looking like the process wold have taken another 20 hours to complete.<br />
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I want to blow away the disk and start fresh, and assign a password from the start.<br />
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HOw do I do this in Mountain Lion?<br />
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Thanks.
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I have an external HDD I was using for backups but when I decided to encrypt it, is was looking like the process wold have taken another 20 hours to complete.

I want to blow away the disk and start fresh, and assign a password from the start.

HOw do I do this in Mountain Lion?

Thanks.

formatted a disk

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