How to Enable BitLocker Hardware Encryption with SSDs 2019-10-01: with the 2019 September update KB4516045 BitLocker uses software instead of hardware encryption by default. Likely reason: the security of software encryption can be controlled by Microsoft. Hardware encryption in the drive may be buggy. Beginning with Windows 8 BitLocker can offload the encryption from the CPU to the disk drive. But enabling that […] Read more
Benchmarking a $11,699 HP Enterprise Performance SSD [Update on 29/06/2012: added tests 5 and 6 with RAID controller cache and Atlantis Ilio] When a 400 GB SSD comes nearly at the price of a small car, you expect a lot, performance-wise. At least I did when I got my hands on two drives from HP’s enterprise performance series. Read on to find […] Read more
Tuning the Lenovo T520 – Upgrading Memory and Installing an mSATA SSD Disassembling the Lenovo Thinkpad T520 is easy, which makes upgrading the device a simple procedure. As described in my previous article I bought a T520 with only 2 GB RAM in order to replace the shipped memory with two 4 GB modules from Kingston. I also bought Intel’s mSATA SSD 310. This is a short […] Read more
Finding the Perfect Laptop Computer For a geek, one of the most fun things is choosing a new toy. I experienced this once again when I needed to buy a new laptop computer. The selection process was a lengthy one, during which I looked at and considered practically every model on the market. The benefits of that are twofold: I […] Read more
New Articles, Tools, Tips and Tricks: Windows (7 and 2008 R2), PowerShell and Citrix Windows General Good info for troubleshooting DFS-Namespaces in the MS KB: Storage locations, inconsistencies and how to deal with them. Complex passwords and security guidelines for end users? No, thank you, says MS researcher. I agree. Read more
