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Will Symantec Encryption Desktop control admin rights on second hard drive?

  • 1.  Will Symantec Encryption Desktop control admin rights on second hard drive?

    Posted Oct 11, 2016 07:11 AM

    My company provided a dell laptop that has an easy access hard drive. (It clips into the battery compartment.)
    A few months ago they took away the admin rights from all end-users. A week ago they added Symantec Encryption Desktop to encrypt the company hard drive because I am working on a project that has sensitive documents. 

    I travel aound the world for work. Since I can't load personal software on the company hard drive (due to policy and admin rights,) I would like to load an operating system, drivers and personal software on a second hard drive and to switch them while I am not working. If I can't accomplish this, I need to buy a second laptop and lug two through airport security in my already heavy and bulky carry-on instead of this simple solution. I contacted Dell and they said this can be done, but they were not sure if Symantec Encryption Desktop (which appears to start in the bios) would control my admin rights on the second hard drive or not. Could someone please verify this for me?

    Thanks in advance.

      
       
     

     


     



  • 2.  RE: Will Symantec Encryption Desktop control admin rights on second hard drive?

    Posted Oct 13, 2016 03:45 PM

    Does anyone know?

     



  • 3.  RE: Will Symantec Encryption Desktop control admin rights on second hard drive?
    Best Answer

    Posted Oct 14, 2016 05:44 AM

    SED is loaded at boot, not at the BIOS level.  Therefore, if you boot to alternative media (CD/USB/Second HDD), you can do whatever you want.

    Obviously, you will not be able to access the data on the SED encrypted drive.



  • 4.  RE: Will Symantec Encryption Desktop control admin rights on second hard drive?

    Posted Oct 14, 2016 12:56 PM

    Thanks!