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| Thread ID: 143553 | 2017-02-09 12:53:00 | Protecting PC data before sending it to repair shop | Chikara (5139) | Press F1 |
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| 1431754 | 2017-02-10 10:22:00 | And...they have access to scanned copies of my ID, my passport, drivers licence, and all the other personal documents I have scanned and saved there. I know what happened that other time was an exception - but if there's an easy way of protecting it without stopping the tech from doing their job, I will...hence my post. I just want to protect my data while still leaving my system as unchanged as possible for the tech. And not being racist here, but I'm working in Asia at the moment, some of these repair shops employ staff on next to no wages, who have been known to be approached by criminals to steal data for identity theft. I don't know which repair shops this has happened to, but again - better safe than sorry. |
Chikara (5139) | ||
| 1431755 | 2017-02-10 17:52:00 | When you installed windows if the other hdd's are for backup and programs. Did you unplug them when you installed windows on the ssd? Because most people dont unplug the extra hdd's.The system can have all sorts of probs. Inc not booting. Because the boot loader can end up on the wrong hdd |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1431756 | 2017-02-10 20:52:00 | And...they have access to scanned copies of my ID, my passport, drivers licence, and all the other personal documents I have scanned and saved there. I know what happened that other time was an exception - but if there's an easy way of protecting it without stopping the tech from doing their job, I will...hence my post. I just want to protect my data while still leaving my system as unchanged as possible for the tech. And not being racist here, but I'm working in Asia at the moment, some of these repair shops employ staff on next to no wages, who have been known to be approached by criminals to steal data for identity theft. I don't know which repair shops this has happened to, but again - better safe than sorry. if you really have to , then copy any data off to an external Drive ( if you haven't already) then delete the files from the Hard Drive. Keeping in mind what I mentioned before about its always best to leave all hardware including the additional drives, so you'll need enough storage space on the external HDD to store the contents of all 3 drives. BUT keep in mind as well, even if you delete the data, if someone really wanted to get it back they can (if they know what they are doing), even from a formatted Drive. The only other way is to put all the data into an encrypted file / folder. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1431757 | 2017-02-11 02:33:00 | When you installed windows if the other hdd's are for backup and programs. Did you unplug them when you installed windows on the ssd? Because most people dont unplug the extra hdd's.The system can have all sorts of probs. Inc not booting. Because the boot loader can end up on the wrong hdd Hi Speedy, No I didn't unplug the other HDD's when I installed the OS to SSD. But even though I have these random freezes, I have never had a problem with the system not booting. The freezes only happen at random times once the system is in use. Do you think that could still have caused a problem even if it boots fine?? If so, the only solution would be to a clean install again? |
Chikara (5139) | ||
| 1431758 | 2017-02-11 03:04:00 | It maybe why. But if you do a clean install and unplug the other hdd's first. If the other hdd has any programs on it / except things like Steam games, you'll have to reinstall them. So they'll work |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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