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[Alex Atkin UK]

[Bowdon]

I'm not sure if this question is answered in your post. I was struggling to take in the information.

What happens if your motherboard faults or you upgrade it. Would you still be able to access the hard drive, or would it be locked by encryption?

I know it said that the code is logged in your account. Does that mean Windows itself won't be locked on an encrypted drive to allow you to login to release the code?

I'm very skeptical about this focus some folks have with encryption at home user level. What happens if some odd ball gets caught with illegal files, can he now lock the encryption on the drive and refuse to hand over his account details?

[Alex Atkin UK]

To me its about if I need to RMA my SSD/HDD or they are stolen. I want to be reasonably sure my data is unreadable.

[parkdale]

I did read that if you've used drive encryption won't stop you getting a ransomware attack.. then you have double encryption of your data 

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27655219

[Weaver]

[Alex Atkin UK]

[Weaver]

No, the point about booting other code is that it could destroy your main volume. But then an evildoer could use a tool called a hammer anyway.

[Alex Atkin UK]

No, the point about booting other code is that it could destroy your main volume. But then an evildoer could use a tool called a hammer anyway.

That's what puzzled me as once someone has physical access, all bets are off there anyway.  My biggest worry in that case it like you said, physical damage or someone using a USB killer for the LOLs.

[Weaver]

[Alex Atkin UK]

That's a good point actually as I hear modern BIOS actually store the password in the chip so it CAN'T be easily reset.

[Weaver]

I was being thick though; I forgot about my original primary, and routinely considered, reason, that of setting the BIOS password so no-one else can do it before you do.