in ThinkPad: T61 and pre-2008 T series plus Other Legacy ThinkPads https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T61-and-pre-2008-T-series-plus-Other-Legacy-ThinkPads/Does-the-power-on-password-fully-protect-user-data/m-p/6224 ThinkPad: T61 and pre-2008 T series plus Other Legacy ThinkPads topics Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:51:46 +0000 tp08_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6224 Hi,
 
I am a T61 user.
 
First question
 
Does the power-on password fully protect user data, or could someone just boot from the optical drive or another source?
 
 
Second question
 
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:51:46 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6224 TrishaK
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6232
full disc encryption will protect your data.   if the drive is installed in another machine, a password will be required for it to work.   if the password is lost then the data is as good as g ]]>
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:30:47 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6232 erik
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6233 Erik,
 
Thank you very much!
 
May I ask what type of FDE, OS, and application that you use?
 
Very much appreciated.
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:36:11 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6233 TrishaK
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6238 As mostly with everything in life, there are pros and cons related to all sort of data protection schemes. At least in therory, everything that can be encripted may also be decripted in some way, be it via reverse engineering or some other technique. - But of course some sort of protec ]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:48:18 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6238 vkyr <![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6250 Thank you, Vkyr!
 
Your information has proved very helpful!
 
 
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:27:13 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6250 TrishaK
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6253 ATM chip, I meant of course instead the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips, which are embedded on certain Thinkpad models.
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:34:52 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6253 vkyr
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6256 trisha, for business travel i use a 100GB hitachi 7K200 with BDE with windows vista ultimate x64.   i find 100GB is plenty for the OS and my important applications (autocad, solidworks, illustrator, photoshop, lightroom, and office) with about 50 GB of free space f ]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:41:02 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6256 erik <![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6258 Where could one purchase such a drive, Erik?
 
Thanks.
 
Trisha
 
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:43:57 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6258 TrishaK
<![CDATA[ Re: Does the power-on password fully protect user data? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/6302 part numbers for the various bulk hitachi BDE drives can be found on this page.   i couldn't find any info on 7200RPM seagate FDE drives, only http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Full_Disk_Encryption_(FDE)  ]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:36:32 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1307/6224/171662 xjessie007