PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Windows

[pgpsos]

Hi

I own Lenovo (IBM) X60s and have tried WDE.
After encrypting, I cannot go into standby (hibernate) mode.
It just cancels the process and goes back to Desktop.

I have turned off the DEP in the bios but had no luck.
I tried WDE in other (older) machines and all worked fine, without
hibernate problem.

I have read the topic

(--Sorry this thread has been lost--)

and it seems to be a know problem but no solution or workaround was announced. I saw an update log at

https://support.pgp.com/?faq=497

>WDE: Laptops with newer CPUs supporting PAE/DEP can now hibernate when the boot disk is encrypted.

Maybe it needs upgrade because my CPU is CoreDuo? Os i Windows XP SP2 (japanese)

Thanks.

Message Edited by dustintuft on 01-10-2008 01:36 PM

[gladius]

I have exactly same problem, using PGP 9.0.6 - implemented WDE and now Hibernation does not work. Standby works ok.
Seems that also eToken interferes with the way the fingerprint scanning works, but I can live with that.

-AJ

[gladius]

I should also have said, I am using Lenovo Thinkpad X60 with Windows XP Pro, everything latest update.

-AJ

[jacobmays@banksnb.com]

I have a lenovo (IBM) T43 and hibernation will not work. I am using windows XP pro with all patches and service packs.

What can we do to fix hibernation?

[gladius]

Do people from PGP even read this board? Are there any people from PGP? Is this why I paid $279 to get 0 support?

Please, someone look at this problem, it's clear that it's a bug, there are several other posts about this from others on this board and elsewhere.

-AJ

[javellan]

I have an x60s 1704-69U, upgraded hdd hitachi 7k100. PGP 9.06 WDE on with XP SP2 all patches. I turned an option off in the bios for hibernate to work although it now takes 4mins for it to hibernate. Comes up fast though.

Go to the bios enter config->SATA-> change the only option there to compatible.

Before I would hibernate(fast) and upon bootup it would ignore my saved information and go straight to regular startup.

Stanby also works perfectly at the moment. No noticable slowdown as well.

[gladius]

I have an x60s 1704-69U, upgraded hdd hitachi 7k100. PGP 9.06 WDE on with XP SP2 all patches. I turned an option off in the bios for hibernate to work although it now takes 4mins for it to hibernate. Comes up fast though.

Go to the bios enter config->SATA-> change the only option there to compatible.

Before I would hibernate(fast) and upon bootup it would ignore my saved information and go straight to regular startup.

Stanby also works perfectly at the moment. No noticable slowdown as well.

Sadly, no difference here.
Decrypted the drive, and it hosed the logical partition
Thankfully PTDD managed to recover it. But what a heap of crap.
Avoid WDE at all costs.

-AJ

[pgpsos]

http://forum.pgp.com/pgp/board/message?board.id=54&message.id=818

I've read this post and I noticed that I've installed this patch.



And in the new BIOS for X60 I found that DEP disable was not working before. Since I've uninstalled now the PGP I can't try, but if someone could try this option would be nice.

disable "Execution Prevention" in Bios.

I noticed also that it happens mostly with IBM computers. I will
try to clean install Windows XP, not the recovery one, so I can test
if the bug is in the XP side and not PGP.

Message Edited by monty on 01-10-2008 01:35 PM

[lclcml]

I have an x60s 1704-69U, upgraded hdd hitachi 7k100. PGP 9.06 WDE on with XP SP2 all patches. I turned an option off in the bios for hibernate to work although it now takes 4mins for it to hibernate. Comes up fast though.

Go to the bios enter config->SATA-> change the only option there to compatible.

Before I would hibernate(fast) and upon bootup it would ignore my saved information and go straight to regular startup.

Stanby also works perfectly at the moment. No noticable slowdown as well.

Javellan -- you rock!!

Thanks for the help!

Haven't researched what the effects of using over the lenovo default setting, but hibernation works like a charm!!

LCLCML