Questions tagged [fde]
FDE or Full Disk Encryption is the practice of or technology for encrypting an entire storage device, including empty space and temporary files, so that an attacker cannot easily gain information on which parts of the device holds active and/or useful data as well as to protect data after deletion.
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How to encrypt Samsung SSD?
I have an 860 pro SSD with windows installed on it. In the encryption section (Samsung Magician) it says ready to enable. Idk What does this mean. Is the encryption enabled now? Or there are extra ...
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How does Windows manage authentication keys for Opal drives?
I want to use a FIPS certified Opal drive on Windows to implement a system with at least one restricted encrypted partition. I want to use the band authentication feature of Opal to restrict access ...
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How can I repair my Windows 10 on a full-disk-encryption setup with VeraCrypt?
A recent optional Windows 10 update (2021-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 21H1 for x64-based systems (KB5005101)) destroyed my Windows installation on my fully encrypted disk (VeraCrypt).
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Fix encryption configuration for system mit RAID 1 and LVM after Ubuntu dist-upgrade
I recently tried to dist-upgrade a system set up according to How to install Ubuntu 15.10 on an encrypted RAID 1 to Ubuntu 19.10.
Unfortunately after reboot I got the following errormessage:
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Decrypt LUKS FDE Disk image
So, I screwed up my system with a risky dist --upgrade to the point where it won't boot. It's not the end of the world, because I have a recent backup, however there are a couple of files from the ...
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PBA FDE Multi Boot
I got a Lenovo ThinkPad E560 and I'm trying to create a fully disk encrypted multi boot system with pre boot authentication.
My current setup consists of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on a 240G SSD ...
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Unlocking and reusing a hardware FDE Seagate Momentus FDE2 hard disk for running Linux
I got hold of an old Dell E6410 laptop which had in it a hardware FDE Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE2 hard drive, and I want to install Linux on this machine.
When I boot from a USB drive running Linux ...
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Does the TPM affect performance of Windows BitLocker?
My question could be silly, but I haven't found confirmations on the topic
Does using a TPM improve Windows BitLocker's performance than relying only on PIN/USB/token authentication?
In my case I need ...
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How to use full disk encryption on the second self-encrypting disk?
My laptop has two self-encrypting SSD disks:
(1) one installed the usual way,
(2) another one in a caddy that you stick into the optical drive bay.
I was able to set the HDD password on (1) using ...
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Full disk encryption (FDE) options for Kubuntu
I'm working towards switching to Linux (Kubuntu) and am currently researching FDE options. I'm currently a Windows user with Veracrypt FDE. So far I've come across dm-crypt and LUKS. I have no idea ...
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Is it possible to create one time passwords for full disk encryption on Ubuntu?
I'm wondering if it's possible to use a one time password system to secure the full disk encryption of a Ubuntu system, such that each login is a unique password and only usable once. I've seen this ...
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Did Windows 10 disable encryption without authorization?
My Windows 10 system was fully encrypted (FDE) using Bitlocker and hardware encryption capabilities of the laptop and the Samsung EVO SSD (how to here).
Here is what I just saw typing manage-bde -...
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Windows 7 the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible
I have a laptop that was running Symantec Endpoint Encryption on it. After upgrading from version 11.0 to 11.1.1 I'm able to authenticate at the pre-boot screen but once Windows tried to load it ...
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How to install Ubuntu 15.10 on an encrypted RAID 1
I recently set up an Ubuntu 15.10 (desktop) on a encrypted RAID 1 and want to share how to achieve this as it didn't work out of the box and I didn't find any tutorial. So what I wanted to achieve was ...
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How to verify a self-encrypted drive (SED) is really encrypted?
I have a Dell Precision M3800 that is supposed to have a self-encrypted hard drive. I'm running Windows 10. In the Storage Management screen, the disk claims to be a 'LITEONIT LMT-256L9M-41 MSATA ...
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