If your XPS 15 9350 shipped was ordered with TPM you can use BitLocker to encrypt your data. Double check the BIOS to check if the TPM is turned on, look for TPM Security listed under the Security tab, and make sure that it is set to enable. If the TPM is enabled you should be able to see it in device manager listed under Security devices.
Go to computer and right click on the primary drive (typically C :) and any additional partitions that you may have created that you wish to encrypt and click “Turn on BitLocker”.
If you wish to turn off BitLocker look for System and Security in control panel, and look for BitLocker Drive Encryption then choose Turn off BitLocker.
For more in depth information on BitLocker and TPM this Microsoft document may be a useful source. Here is a Dell document on Windows 8.1 and BitLocker.
So I still need to use something like Bitlocker to encrypt the drive then. I was wondering if this was redundant on the 9350, as the Samsung PM851 is meant to be a self encrypting drive.
Many thanks Terry, that makes things a lot clearer. Do you know where the key for the Samsung hardware encryption is kept? I'm assuming this isn't the HDD password, is it in the TPM?
I may have misunderstood your original post; most if not all Dell systems have an option for a HDD password in the BIOS. Without the password you can't access the HDD. You can find out more on the PM841 here. Here is an article that I like on the Pros and Cons on hard drive passwords. You data will have some protection even if the SSD was removed from one system and moved to another.
You also have BIOS level passwords, OS passwords, and TPM and Bit locker encryption I mentioned earlier. I hope that this helps answers some of your questions.
I looked for any information on the drive here at Dell and wasn't able to find anything, it may be specific Samsung software that you run while in Windows to create the password and then prompt you for the password at boot, or it could simply be the BIOS password.
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If your XPS 15 9350 shipped was ordered with TPM you can use BitLocker to encrypt your data. Double check the BIOS to check if the TPM is turned on, look for TPM Security listed under the Security tab, and make sure that it is set to enable. If the TPM is enabled you should be able to see it in device manager listed under Security devices.
Go to computer and right click on the primary drive (typically C :) and any additional partitions that you may have created that you wish to encrypt and click “Turn on BitLocker”.
If you wish to turn off BitLocker look for System and Security in control panel, and look for BitLocker Drive Encryption then choose Turn off BitLocker.
For more in depth information on BitLocker and TPM this Microsoft document may be a useful source. Here is a Dell document on Windows 8.1 and BitLocker.
I hope that this has helped out.
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Thanks Terry,
So I still need to use something like Bitlocker to encrypt the drive then. I was wondering if this was redundant on the 9350, as the Samsung PM851 is meant to be a self encrypting drive.
Kind regards,
Scott.
goatbadger
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July 29th, 2015 15:00
Many thanks Terry, that makes things a lot clearer. Do you know where the key for the Samsung hardware encryption is kept? I'm assuming this isn't the HDD password, is it in the TPM?
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July 29th, 2015 15:00
I may have misunderstood your original post; most if not all Dell systems have an option for a HDD password in the BIOS. Without the password you can't access the HDD. You can find out more on the PM841 here. Here is an article that I like on the Pros and Cons on hard drive passwords. You data will have some protection even if the SSD was removed from one system and moved to another.
You also have BIOS level passwords, OS passwords, and TPM and Bit locker encryption I mentioned earlier. I hope that this helps answers some of your questions.
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July 29th, 2015 15:00
I looked for any information on the drive here at Dell and wasn't able to find anything, it may be specific Samsung software that you run while in Windows to create the password and then prompt you for the password at boot, or it could simply be the BIOS password.
TB