)Phoenix Technologies FailSafe
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Phoenix Technologies FailSafe
Just bought a new Dell Inspiron with Win 7 Premium and immediately installed Isadora as dual boot. When I just booted into Windows I was prompted to install the Phoenix Technologies FailSafe laptop anti-theft thing that apparently resides in BIOS to allow tracking of a stolen or lost laptop. Any comment on this? Is there a hidden cost down the road perhaps? Will it interfere with Mint, the prime OS? I'm keeping the Windows because Dell said that if (when) I need service, they use Windows utilities to find problems and maybe some aspects of the warranty will become void if the machine only has Linux. (Don't get me started! )
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Re: Phoenix Technologies FailSafe
Interesting stuff. Just went through their site and took a look at what the service does. Impressive.
However, from what I can see, it works with Windows as far as file retrieval. If all your important information was on the Linux partitions, I'm not sure you'd be able to retrieve any of the information if the notebook was stolen.
Didn't look at the subscription costs. For protecting my notebook, I prefer the Sig protection scheme.
However, from what I can see, it works with Windows as far as file retrieval. If all your important information was on the Linux partitions, I'm not sure you'd be able to retrieve any of the information if the notebook was stolen.
Didn't look at the subscription costs. For protecting my notebook, I prefer the Sig protection scheme.
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Re: Phoenix Technologies FailSafe
Thanks, Biker. May not be so much the information in my case as just the expensive machine itself. And since Phoenix Failsafe appears to be a BIOS thing, it may be independent of Linux or Windows?