Microsoft has it now. But it doesn't help in this particular instance because this particular user didn't have the feature enabled. Hence 'future' -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:29 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] How to destroy CDs & HDDs? Matthew Mucker wrote: > In the future, Microsoft's BitLocker technology can solve this problem. If > the computer has a TPM chip and BitLocker is enabled, the whole drive is > encrypted and the key is stored on the computer's motherboard. Why wait for the future, numerous OS's can do this today through loopback mounting drives through an encrypting driver. Yay, Microsoft will have it in "the future"! (GRIN) Nate -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist