- Jul 17, 2010
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Hi,
I am (still) on Windows 7 Home Premium and I am preparing to secure erase my Samsung 850 EVO SSD and finally load Windows 10 Home. I did the free upgrade a few years to Windows 10 but I didn't like it at launch so I went back to Windows 7. This means I will be using the Home version of Windows 10.
I have 2 850 EVO's. One is just for Windows and a larger one for just data. I have never used the encryption features and before I perform this reload I want to know if they are worth bothering with.
I have read online that the encryption used in this model of drives, and others, has been found to be poorly implemented and from what I can see no firmware has been released from Samsung to patch the holes. The version of Windows I'll be using also does not have bitlocker which from what I've read is required to be used in conjunction with the encryption feature.
I don't want to go mad here with encryption but if it was a case of enabling encryption and just setting a HDD password in my BIOS I would have done it but it sounds like I would have to use a software based solution like Veracrypt instead? My CPU has AES-NI so does that mean there is no performance penalty if I did go that route?
I will read up online more myself but any assistance people are willing to offer is much appreciated.
I am (still) on Windows 7 Home Premium and I am preparing to secure erase my Samsung 850 EVO SSD and finally load Windows 10 Home. I did the free upgrade a few years to Windows 10 but I didn't like it at launch so I went back to Windows 7. This means I will be using the Home version of Windows 10.
I have 2 850 EVO's. One is just for Windows and a larger one for just data. I have never used the encryption features and before I perform this reload I want to know if they are worth bothering with.
I have read online that the encryption used in this model of drives, and others, has been found to be poorly implemented and from what I can see no firmware has been released from Samsung to patch the holes. The version of Windows I'll be using also does not have bitlocker which from what I've read is required to be used in conjunction with the encryption feature.
I don't want to go mad here with encryption but if it was a case of enabling encryption and just setting a HDD password in my BIOS I would have done it but it sounds like I would have to use a software based solution like Veracrypt instead? My CPU has AES-NI so does that mean there is no performance penalty if I did go that route?
I will read up online more myself but any assistance people are willing to offer is much appreciated.