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Resolved Encrypting the Hard Drive

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by leushino, 2011/05/15.

  1. 2011/05/15
    leushino

    leushino Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Do any of you encrypt your entire hard drive? If so, does it affect the speed of your computer to perform operations? Are there any disadvantages to encrypting one's hard drive? Having read the current issue of PC World, it strongly recommends we do this and provides a link to a free program: www.truecrypt.org
     
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  2. 2011/05/17
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff

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    Not me.

    It shouldn't, provided you have a powerful CPU.

    Many. For one you will no longer have access to your data if you loose the encryption key.


    Some further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption

    BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 7: Frequently Asked Questions

    Protecting Data by Using EFS to Encrypt Hard Drives
     
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  4. 2011/05/17
    TonyT

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    I only ever recommend encrypting individual documents or directories to my clients. If the whole drive is encrypted and you need a technician to repair the computer then you must hand over your encryption key(s). And if the key(s) are not backed up to other media, and the disk goes bad or operating system gets corrupted by malware or other causes, then you cannot ever recover the data on the disk.
     
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  5. 2011/05/17
    leushino

    leushino Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thank you, both. I had not considered these issues carefully enough.
     
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