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Better than the answer I was just writing. :) OP: Make sure you (or your IT) has some way to get at the data on the drives OR make sure there is no essential local data on the laptop at all. Motherboards do die and then your own security gets in your way.
– Hennes
Commented Sep 16, 2012 at 13:34
+1 this is one of the things tpm was designed to help with. Just remember, the bad guys cant get your data without that motherboard working...and neither can the good guys! Make sure you have a way to recover the data when (not if, when) something goes wrong.
– Grant
Commented Sep 16, 2012 at 13:49

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