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Answer» Just a pretty basic question. I don't encrypt anything. Neither do I, I don't think i'm James Bond so WHATS the pointI don't see the point encrypting a hard drive, but I understand why people may want to encrypt files or folders.I encrypt the entire hard drive on both my laptop and desktop machines using Truecrypt. [both system partitions and data partitions] It serves to keep my financial information secure so I wouldn’t feel as though my wallet had been stolen if I lost my laptop. It requires a single password to boot or to come out of hibernation. I’m not even aware of the encryption in normal use. It doesn’t slow down the computer at all. It’s actually simpler to encrypt the whole thing than to worry about what is or isn’t secured. And this way even sensitive information that might end up in temp or hibernation or paging files is safe. The only trouble is if the OS needs repair by booting from the CD. Then you have to decrypt the drive to fix the OS. It TAKES several hours to run decrypt using the Truecrypt Rescue Disk. [You did make your rescue disk, didn’t you?] We get alot of people here who use encryption and then lose their keys........... Quote from: patio on January 27, 2009, 06:38:19 PM We get alot of people here who use encryption and then lose their keys...........Some are key based, but, I think you will find a lot of the free programs have the option of using a secure password, such as TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org) |
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