https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/no-ata-password-support-on-my-board-for-intel-520-ssd/m-p/19066#M11416 <P>I have an Alienware M17xR3 with a 120GB Intel 520 SSD and a 750GB 7200Rpm HDD.</P><P></P><P>I understand that the Intel 520 SSD has an out-of-the-box AES-128 Encryption but that won't restrict access to files on the same machine for instance in the case of theft!!</P><P>Unfortunately my system does not has any support for ATA Password so what are my options?</P><P></P><P>And do you recommend an Encryption software like BitLocker or TrueCrypt for Password protection?</P><P>Using any of the above will also initiate software encryption which would dramatically reduce SSD's speed cause it'll be encrypting the data twice. Am I right?</P> Sun, 05 Aug 2012 07:17:36 GMT idata 2012-08-05T07:17:36Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/no-ata-password-support-on-my-board-for-intel-520-ssd/m-p/19066#M11416 <P>I have an Alienware M17xR3 with a 120GB Intel 520 SSD and a 750GB 7200Rpm HDD.</P><P></P><P>I understand that the Intel 520 SSD has an out-of-the-box AES-128 Encryption but that won't restrict access to files on the same machine for instance in the case of theft!!</P><P>Unfortunately my system does not has any support for ATA Password so what are my options?</P><P></P><P>And do you recommend an Encryption software like BitLocker or TrueCrypt for Password protection?</P><P>Using any of the above will also initiate software encryption which would dramatically reduce SSD's speed cause it'll be encrypting the data twice. Am I right?</P> Sun, 05 Aug 2012 07:17:36 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/archive/no-ata-password-support-on-my-board-for-intel-520-ssd/m-p/19066#M11416 idata 2012-08-05T07:17:36Z