Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Hard Drive Passwords

I'm really naive about encryption. Please excuse what follows.

But would an encrypted partition have a file allocation table?
If so, wouldn't this give the potential decrypter a clue about
the encoding? There are many standard files (e.g. .DLL files)
on a Windows computer, you could tell the exact version by
looking at the length of the file. Would knowing the source
and the object help the decrypter figure out the key? Would it
be more secure only to encrypt the data, rather than the whole
Thinkpad drive?

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Jonathan Berry and Erika http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/fun.htm
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