https://www.verboon.info/tags/edrive/Recent content in Edrive on Anything About ITHugoen-usTue, 22 Nov 2011 21:39:49 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2011/11/windows-8-support-for-edrives/Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:39:49 +0000https://www.verboon.info/2011/11/windows-8-support-for-edrives/<p>I have just installed the Windows 8 Assessment and Deployment Kit and came across some information about Windows 8 support for eDrive also known as the Encrypted Hard Disk Drive..</p> <p>The Windows Setup Reference mentions a new setting called <em>Microsoft-Windows-EnhancedStorage-Adm</em> / <em>TCGSecurityActivationDisabled</em>. By default, when Windows is installed on an eDrive, Windows automatically encrypts the drive by using TCG and IEEE 1667 transport standards.</p> <p>More information:<br> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259095.aspx">eDrive Device Guide</a> <br> <a href="http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/community/category/data_protection/4">Almost All Future Drives Will Self Encrypt, Says Tom Coughlin, in Industry&rsquo;s First Forecast on SEDs</a> <br> <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Ecosystem-Summit/2011Taipei/SYS-007T">Building hardware-accelerated encrypted devices (eDrives) in Windows 8</a></p>