How safe is this? (hard drive security)?

... okay, i have recently purchase an external hard drive that use a software name: secure L#ck ware... and, then, i realize a little... no, actually, a big problem, as when i connect the device to a second computer without this software... *and i can actually detect this hard drive through: my computer %26gt; right click %26gt; manage...'' and, i can even reformat the damn thing from another computer that has no software installed, no password no authority what-so-ever!!! that worried the hell out of me, as it's only common sense, for one can do a quick initialization of a hard drive, and still get more than 1/3 of the original content recovered... (please correct me if i am wrong :P)

so, it just make me worry... how safe and secure is this product? (in terms of keeping ones privacy and secret?)are there any thing i can do (other than drop it, that ain't an option =_=. ) to better secure some thing i want to keep it to myself for the rest of my life?

all hints are appreciated, thanks. %26gt;_%26lt;.

How safe is this? (hard drive security)?symatec

You're actually asking about two separate (yet related) questions: (1) Does the program keep my data secure, and (2) what could someone recover if the drive were stolen/accessed by an unauthorized user, even if they didn't have the software? Since #2 is the real danger, I'd say you're putting your faith in the software manufacturer - if you trust the encryption algorithm, it doesn't matter if the drive is accessible - that's exactly what the software is supposed to prevent. Sounds like you already know about recovering data from a formatted drive, so the real question is simple - do you trust the software to keep your ''private'' data secure NO MATTER WHAT?