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    TPM and bitlocker?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by lordvice, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. lordvice

    lordvice Notebook Consultant

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    Does our BIOS have TPM built in? I just tried to enable bitlocker but it threw the error message it would throw when the BIOS doesn't have TPM built in. Has anyone encrypted their drive with bitlocker? I could always use truecrypt, but I would like to try to do it with bitlocker first.
     
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    I've tried and couldn't because of the computer doesn't support TPM.
     
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    Is it a matter of it not being supported or it being hidden by the BIOS? Did you just give up or did you encrypt the drive with something else?
     
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    I'm fairly certain that it isn't supported. There's an unlocked M15x BIOS here but I'm pretty sure there still isn't an option for it. I bought windows 7 ultimate so that I had the option to use bitlocker and needless to say I was very disappointed when I found out that I couldn't use it. Honestly, I hadn't even thought about encrypting my hard drive since then. :rolleyes:
     
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    ah. I got ultimate for different reasons, but I know what you mean. I don't want to have to have a USB key to start the computer to be necessary. With TPM it is an option, but yeah. I know that increases the security level and what not. Hm, maybe I will just use Truecrypt.
     
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