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Re: Windows Encryption Software


From: John Orthoefer <jco () direwolf com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:12:20 -0500

I've been using these and they work great as long as you are using BIOS boot, they don't work with out additional 
software, with the Mac EFI boot. 

Johno

On Dec 9, 2010, at 20:20, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Brandon Kim <brandon.kim () brandontek com> wrote:
I want to know if there's software out there that will encrypt files on win2k3, winxp, win7, so that if someone
decides to steal the computer and plug the harddrive into a USB external case, they won't be able to read the files
on the harddrive.

Save yourself some grief and buy a self-encrypting disk (SED) instead.
OS transparent so you won't have the endemic problems with oops it no
longer boots and I can't just boot a live cd and access my business
critical data.

-Bill


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