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gator
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USA
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Posted - July 22 2014 :  23:36:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a Samsung 840 EVO SSD that has built-in hardware encryption. Will there be any issue creating an image of this SSD with Macrium? I want to be sure I'll be able to restore from the Macrium image.

Thanks

Mike P

Ranger
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Australia
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Posted - July 23 2014 :  03:48:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Have you actually encrypted the SSD. I have an Samsung 840 Pro & I have not encrypted it & it works perfectly with the Macrium image back up.
So if you have not encrypted it you should have no problems.
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gator
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Posted - July 23 2014 :  06:56:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, encryption is enabled on mine (required because of the work I do). I suppose I could decrypt before imaging but I'd rather not...


Mike P
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Randal
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United Kingdom
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Posted - July 23 2014 :  15:39:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi gator,

It depends on the mode of encryption.

1) Not encrypted. The device will operate as a normal disk. Full Reflect support as per a standard disk.
2) Encrypted with BIOS support / password prompt. The encryption is completely transparent. Fully supported by Reflect, as per a standard disk.
3) Encrypted using software pre-boot authentication environment (i.e., with a software-based full disk encryption component). It depends on how this is implemented as to whether Macrium supports this configuration; we have not tested it so cannot guarantee support.

Read more here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-based_full_disk_encryption

Kind regards,
Randal - Macrium Support
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gator
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Posted - July 23 2014 :  18:35:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Perfect, exactly what I needed to know. I'm using mode 2 so I should be good.

Thanks!
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