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Product Settings Policy — Encryption Providers tab

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The Encryption Providers tab under the Product Settings Policy allows you to set the encryption provider settings for the Product Settings Policy of Drive Encryption.

Option

Definition

PC Software

  • Use compatible MBR — Causes Drive Encryption to boot a built-in fixed MBR instead of the original MBR that was on the system after pre-boot logon.

    Note

    It is used to avoid problems with some systems that had other software that runs from the MBR and no longer work if Drive Encryption is installed.

  • Fix OS boot record sides — Some boot records report an incorrect number of sides. Selecting this option fixes this on the client system. This is available only when you install the Drive Encryption extension.

  • Use windows system drive as boot disk — Maintains the compatibility with some systems where the disk 0 is not the boot disk. Selecting this option forces the users product to assume that the boot disk is the one that contains the Windows directory but not disk 0.

  • Enable Pre-Boot Smart Check (BIOS based systems only) — Modifies the Drive Encryption activation sequence and creates a pre-activation stage, where hardware compatibility checks are performed prior to actual activation and subsequent encryption.

  • Force system restart once activation completes — This option is selected by default when you select Enable Pre-Boot Smart Check (BIOS based systems only) to restart your system after activation.

Opal

Require all disks to be Opal — Requires all the drives in your client system to be Opal drives for the PC Opal encryption provider to be activated.

Duplicate

Duplicates or copies the policy with a different name and this can be assigned to a different user.

Save

Saves the product settings policy of Drive Encryption.

Cancel

Exits the current page.