[FDE] CompuSec Worst-Case Scenario Prep

[Saqib Ali]

Hello,

Compusec has few utilities for recovering from a disaster. See:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CompuSec/files/

I have been able to recover twice using the above utilities.

As far as your question about master/slave drive, I think you can buy
a adapter from your local electronic store that lets you plugin the
notebook HDD into any desktop computer as a IDE slave.

saqib


On 12/25/06, Josh H <risingphoenix06 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  I just installed a copy of CompuSec free on my notebook (running WinXP
> Pro), and encrypted the hard drive. While trying to look up information on
> turning off the internal speaker beep at boot, I found several threads on
> their yahoogroups discussing irrecoverable loss due to corruption
> (particularly due to errors or crashes during the encryption/decryption
> process). The only solution I seem to locate for those situations is to
> slave the hard drive in a different machine with CompuSec installed and hope
> that you can still decrypt the data.
>
>  I do not believe that in a worst-case scenario that that solution would be
> an option for me, as I am dealing with a notebook hard drive, not standard
> IDE and the only converters I have found thus far are for USB externals
> (which can not be decrypted because they were initially encrypted with the
> hard drive key and not the removable media key).
>
>  So, my question is this:
>
>  What do I need to do to prepare for, prevent, and recover from the
> worst-case scenario of an OS crash corrupting an essential piece of
>  the MBR (or some other critical area) and preventing me from booting in or
> decrypting my data? (Besides backups and images. We all know how important
> they are, but I'm looking for *recovery* since I don't have the resources to
> make a full image every night)
>
>  Thank you all for your time.
>
>  -- Josh
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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net