Slide Show: 6 Full-Disk Encryption Products That Have Your Laptop's Back
April 02, 2007 12:00 AM ET
There's one unfortunate but unavoidable reality of owning a laptop: It could easily be stolen. The very characteristics that make laptops most useful--size, weight and portability--render them easy targets.
Enter full-disk encryption software, which encrypts all data stored on the hard drive, including the boot partition and system files. Without a working password, a thief will find the drive both indecipherable and unbootable. This slide show walks you through six of the latest offerings from vendors including Microsoft and PGP.
Slide Show: 6 Full-Disk Encryption Products
That Have Your Laptop's Back
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