Hitachi's FAQ on their encrypted drives: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/bulk_faqs.htm
________________________________ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression Correct. But with FDE drives, the ATA password ENABLES the encryption on the drive. You don't have to remove the platters, just replace the logic board on the drive. It's faster :) ________________________________ From: Mike Gill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression The ATA password isn't encryption though. AFAIK, you would have to remove the platters and put them in a new drive chassis, or somehow get the factory to reset the disk to unlock it. -- Mike Gill From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression This is exactly what did, with drives that have encryption technologies built into the drive itself. (I can't stand software-based disk encryption). Check Hitachi's FDE drives. Seagate has them too, and I assume other do. As far as I know, Hitachi will not reset the drive for you, but I do not know the other companies policies. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
