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I must have missed something.
I thought hibernation saved a snapshot of your RAM, along with your hardware state and some boot code to a file and then SHUT THE COMPUTER OFF. The encryption is handled by hardware, and it sounds to me like the software is on board the hard drive, probably as a BIOS extension, so the password has to be given at any boot, or no access even to the hibernate file, right? This would have no difference of effect on whatever operating system was used.

I think people are confusing Sleep with Hibernate. If the computer is sleeping, it is still running, using minimal power, and in this state, the HDD would be vulnerable, since the desktop is returned with a single keystroke. If hibernating, the computer is off, and has to go through POST and boot cycle, which should include the HDD PW authenticate, before loading the hiber-file returning the desktop, right? Does Vista do something different with hibernate which I don't know about that keeps the computer running? Am I missing how this encryption is implemented?

>>D-cat
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even Seagate is screwed by M$  Linux Geek | 10/30/06
So Linux doesnt  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
It's all about the naughty bits  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
I see where your going but  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
Linux has the same problem ... sort of ...  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
I must have missed something.  D-cat | 11/01/06
You didn't miss anything....  TasteeWheat | 11/13/06
actually  T2mg2003 | 11/02/06
Crap  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
The encryption is...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/30/06
The biggest problem...  ViRaL1 | 10/30/06
No, the biggest problem  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Oh Yeah...  D-cat | 11/01/06
Hmmm, interesting but...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/30/06
Encryption method ...  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
That's not the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Did you actually read the article?  George Mitchell | 10/30/06
Yup.  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/30/06
Lost In Post  HexHammer67 | 10/30/06
I Share the Concerns  sorrentino@... | 11/01/06
i bet...  T2mg2003 | 11/02/06
Right on the point. And there's more too.  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
Who else has the keys?  terry flores | 10/30/06
Nobody, if you lose the password...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/30/06
What about this stuff?  norwegian | 10/31/06
I think it sucks because...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/31/06
You mean just like they can already do now?  Spoon Jabber | 10/31/06
Read the previous post please...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/31/06
You make a big assumption that Seagate is "honest"  terry flores | 10/31/06
Post says:  Spoon Jabber | 11/01/06
Right! Only trust encryption to yourself. Reckon it smells very fishy.  Irritated_User | 11/04/06
Malware?  a1comp@... | 11/01/06
now if you're using this at home...  nix_hed | 11/02/06
Just Another Sneaky  Ole Man | 11/01/06
Price Premium  tretolac | 11/01/06
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