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As per advice which both can be considered.
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As per advice which both can be considered.

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I have a Dell Inspiron i7 and have swapped out the 1Tb disk with a 1Tb Samsung 850 Pro. &nbsp;I want to encrypt the disk and it seems &nbsp;I have 2 options.<br />
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1. &nbsp;The Samsung 850 Pro appears to encrypt automatically and it says if I set an HDD Password in BIOS then all will be fine.<br />
2. &nbsp;Use Bit Locker (with Hardware Acceleration) on the drive<br />
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What are the advantages of either. &nbsp;If 1 is true then will implementing 2 do encryption twice?? &nbsp;Will the performance overhead be the same for both.<br />
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I don't have anything Ultra Sensitive on my SSD but figured there is bound to be something I don't want to be seen. Any clarity on this issue would be very welcome!!<br />
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Thanks
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I have a Dell Inspiron i7 and have swapped out the 1Tb disk with a 1Tb Samsung 850 Pro.  I want to encrypt the disk and it seems  I have 2 options.

1.  The Samsung 850 Pro appears to encrypt automatically and it says if I set an HDD Password in BIOS then all will be fine.
2.  Use Bit Locker (with Hardware Acceleration) on the drive

What are the advantages of either.  If 1 is true then will implementing 2 do encryption twice??  Will the performance overhead be the same for both.

I don't have anything Ultra Sensitive on my SSD but figured there is bound to be something I don't want to be seen. Any clarity on this issue would be very welcome!!

Thanks

Do I use Bit Locker or Native Encryption on my Samsung Pro 850

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.

Encryption

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