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    Need Advice on Encryption Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by oldjarhead, Nov 22, 2006.

  1. oldjarhead

    oldjarhead Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK, so I have a laptop that contains all kind of valuable info: client info, personal info, financial info, etc.

    How would I best protect this data in the event of theft or loss?

    If I need some kind of encryption, What encryption program would be best? I'd like it to have minimal effect on speed, and I don't want to spend a lot of time running the encryption / decryption.

    Plus, I'd like to be easy to install, and cost as little as possible.

    BTW, I'm running a Dell Latitude D820 w a T7600 Core2Duo, 40 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with 2 GB of RAM, if that makes any difference.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    oldjarhead, Nov 22, 2006
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    Duckfart Notebook Evangelist

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    AlexMagik Notebook Consultant

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    i use www.gpg4win.org + TrueCrypt

    so i can ecrypt also emails, files, have a hidden partition encrypted with password...
     
    AlexMagik, Nov 22, 2006
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    oldjarhead Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the info. I downloaded TrueCrypt and am testing it on a USB drive right now. It works great!

    One question I have, tho, I have lot of clients loaded in my Outlook contacts. Does anybody know how I can put the client database into the TrueCrypt volume without reinstalling? Can I just tell Outlook to put the data in another place?

    Thanks again. You guys are awesome!
     
    oldjarhead, Dec 9, 2006
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