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    Notebook Data Security

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Bain, May 29, 2007.

  1. Bain

    Bain Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is the best way to secure the data on your laptop? I have a secure network, anti-virals and all of that, but how about securing data in the case of theft?

    I have seen some ads for USB keys, any idea of how well they work?

    Thanks for your advice and suggestions.
     
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    ken.chang Notebook Guru

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    Password and Encryption. You might want to set the power-on password and hard disk password. After than you can use encryption softwares for confidential data. I am not sure how good this is, but this looks good, and it's a freeware. Check out the TrueCrypt. I use Thinkpad's own encryption software, and if I didn't have that, I would use this.
     
    ken.chang, May 30, 2007
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    obsolete Notebook Evangelist

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    Truecrypt is fast and easy. You could partition your hdd so that the data partition is encrypted. Truecrypt will do that for you.
     
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  4. Bain

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    Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into using Truecrypt.
     
    Bain, May 31, 2007
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