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Encrypt Data but not the Whole Disk?

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Epicness

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I've used TrueCrypt, wonderful, BTW, in the past to encrypt my whole disk.

My problem is, if my whole disk is encrypted, then a thief couldn't login to the PC, to where I could track/recover the laptop.

How do you guys handle this? I'd like to encrypt just say, my profile, but leave everything else untouched.
 
Bitlocker with a tpm-chip would accomplish that. Most encryption solutions work as Truecrypt does by authenticating in a pre-boot environment.

I haven't come across any other tpm compatible software, which is the only other way to manage encryption keys that i know of.
 
Epicness said:
I've used TrueCrypt, wonderful, BTW, in the past to encrypt my whole disk.

My problem is, if my whole disk is encrypted, then a thief couldn't login to the PC, to where I could track/recover the laptop.

How do you guys handle this? I'd like to encrypt just say, my profile, but leave everything else untouched.
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when you have the TPM on dells & the other feature ( forgot what it was called ) your laptop can be traced and tracked.. It doesn't need to boot to windows.

If some one steals it removes the drive, the laptop can still be found too..
 
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