ILLMAS Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 For those that also have an IT background, let's say I would like to encrypt my C drive so it would prompt me for a password, since the C drive is usually the drive that hosts the operating system, is it possible or not recommend to encrypt that drive? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 It's possible to just encrypt your data drive, but not recommended. Many programs (ATX, QuickBooks, Thunderbird email, etc.) store data on the C drive by default. And I can't really think of any downside to encrypting all your partitions. I have 5 partitions and encrypted them all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted August 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Interesting, so I can isolate each folded? For example if I want to encrypt all my ATX program folder, I can do that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Depends on the encryption software. Some allow folder-level encryption and some don't. Whole-disk encryption gives you a different login screen but everything is then encrypted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Bitlocker does allow folder level encryption... but why bother? Just do the whole drive for best security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 8/31/2018 at 1:44 PM, Abby Normal said: It's possible to just encrypt your data drive, but not recommended. Many programs (ATX, QuickBooks, Thunderbird email, etc.) store data on the C drive by default. And I can't really think of any downside to encrypting all your partitions. I have 5 partitions and encrypted them all. I love the type of statement that I am going to make. When the encryption software says that it is going to encrypt only data, it means it will encrypt the programs and data. I know that statement will have some reactions... but c'est la vie!!! ILLMAS, you can encrypt the whole "container" and that's called "whole hard drive encryption". Each time before the computer access the hard drive, you will enter a PIN. Once you have entered the PIN, the hard drive is wide open and it is business as normal, except that the data you will be saving will encrypted because you will be saving it on an encrypted Hard drive. So having your hard drive encrypted, will not interfere with your programs because your programs will be active on a wide open hard drive like right now that your don't have an encryption software. This is what encryption is: It seals the hard drive and also some of them move the master boot record. Since you have the hard drive without encryption, if someone steals your hard drive or computer, they could easily be put on another computer as a second hard drive and they can see all your data. If they steal your whole computer, they have two ways of getting to your data, one is by using a program and getting either an account created on your OS or by changing the admin password on your OS, the other is by putting your hard drive on another computer as a second hard drive. If you encrypt the hard drive, they will be able to format your hard drive but they will not be able to see your data. Please encrypt using bitlocker since it is built-in on Win 7 and up as long as you don't your home edition. Save the recovery key dearly because if you forget your PIN or if your computer doesn't boot up, you will NEED IT BADLY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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