http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Check who has used external hard drive?. http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Hi, I was wondering if there was any way for me to check which computers in the past my external hard drive has been con ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293949.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293949.html 02 Apr 2012 06:08:32 PDT Yes, in the future I will be more careful. However what happened is my external hard drive fell and broke - I threw it a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293959.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293959.html 02 Apr 2012 06:48:59 PDT Still no. The only thing you could really tell is the last accessed time of files, not really who accessed them or anyth ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294045.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294045.html 02 Apr 2012 10:06:46 PDT Nothing is in any external HDD that would detect that. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294048.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294048.html 02 Apr 2012 10:23:41 PDT So there's absolutely nothing I can do about this? There's no way I can find out if anyone used my hard drive? ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294146.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294146.html 02 Apr 2012 12:43:01 PDT Since nothing is written to the HDD you have to use old school spy tricks to detect the HDD was moved. It's very simple ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294170.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294170.html 02 Apr 2012 12:58:22 PDT That's a good idea for the future. Sorry for being so clingy, I'm very thankful you guys are helping! However I'm just w ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294461.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294461.html 03 Apr 2012 07:10:51 PDT Let's say they are not so smart and the access dates do change.<br><br>Why don't you sort your files by ACCESS DATE and ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294515.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294515.html 03 Apr 2012 09:25:40 PDT But the problem is the hard drive with the files broke and is now gone...so if someone used my hard drive, and then I pl ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294527.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294527.html 03 Apr 2012 09:47:57 PDT ^^(By &quot;plugged it into mine&quot; I mean plugged it into my laptop) ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294528.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294528.html 03 Apr 2012 09:49:21 PDT Now that you have a new question, and a new problem far beyond that of your opening question then you need to start a ne ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294534.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294534.html 03 Apr 2012 09:51:35 PDT I posted a new one at <a href="http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7588_102-559934/check-who-has-used-hard-drive" target="_blank ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294547.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5294547.html 03 Apr 2012 10:18:09 PDT No, not without some kind of specific logging program designed for this sort of thing. Otherwise, the best you could pro ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293957.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6126_102-5293957.html 02 Apr 2012 06:36:56 PDT