Fwd: Encrypting laptops ?

[Andre Kesteloot]

On 4/1/2011 11:15 AM, wb5mmb wrote:
> At work all the laptops have encrypted hard drives. Early in the boot 
> sequence it will ask for your hard drive password. If there is a 
> problem and you cant get to your data, IT will reimage your hard drive 
> and you can start over with a fresh OS.
>      Sandy
>     WB5MMB
yes, we have that at the office too, and that's because the data on your 
computer is already backed up on the internal network.
Hence they wipe off the HD, re-install the OS, and then download your 
backed up data on your clean HD
  but I am afraid that's the kind of luxury I cannot afford for my own 
laptop :-)

An easier solution is to put your data on a "Ironkey" USB thumb drive.
73
André N4ICK