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Lost Securedrive

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:58 pm
by docapaka
My SecureDrive has suddenly disappeared. I had made no software changes, and afaik, there were no automatic updates between the time it disappeared and the last time I used it. This happened on an X60 Tablet, running XP, SP3, with all XP and Lenovo updates, and Client Security Solution 7.00.0022.00. Here are the symptoms:

1.SecureDrive is no longer mounted on my computer (important data is lost)

2.Client Security Solution won't mount it; instead asks for “administrator password”, but rejects all passwords including my Windows administrator password.

3.Windows prevents me from opening or changing the names of some folders, because I don't have sufficient privileges, even though I'm logged in as administrator, and even though I just created the folder seconds before. This seems to be erratic; I was able to open and delete one folder I created yesterday, but I couldn't open or delete the same folder immediately after it was created.

4.On start-up, Windows gives a series of screens asking for fingerswipes and administrator password. It Accepts the fingerswipes and then goes on to ask for the password anyway. It always rejects the password, and then offers another password or fingerswipe screen. After I hit “cancel” many times, windows finally leaves me in XP, logged in as administrator (my default account).

Question: is there a way to recover the data on SecureDrive?

Rob

Re: Lost Securedrive

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:01 pm
by docapaka
I guess that means no one knows how to restore the securedrive. I'm going to deactivate the security chip, and remove CSS and the secure drive.

Anyone else using this software might want to know that as far as I can tell, my securedrive disappeared with NO action on my part whatsoever. I just woke up one morning and it was gone. Not exactly what one would call "secure."