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:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] 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:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 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/> ~
