Secure external HDD

[robpaugh]

I am preparing external hard drives for our kids. Pictures and family videos.
Is there a way to prevent them from sharing - copying files - to another drive?
We don't want them to be able to copy files to one of their friend's HD.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Alabalcho]

You can encrypt the whole disk (Windows has built-in tools for that), and provide the password only on computers you want to.
Before encryption - make a backup

From computer' point of view, as long as you are able to sse photos and watch videos, you can copy them.

 

[robpaugh]

We are giving our kids external HDs. Do you know of a good software program that I could use to stop them from sharing content with others?

 

[Alabalcho]

Did you read my previous answer? What part of it you did not understand?

- Encrypt the disk (Windows BitLocker, or TrueCrypt-like program). This way only computer with already stored password will be able to decrypt it on-the-fly. Again - keep unencrypted copy of the contents somewhere else.
-I would rather get a NAS, and put it in secure location on the network. No need for (fragile) external media.