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HP Client Security Technical Whitepaper

August 2016

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HP Drive Encryption (HPDE) 27

13.1 Launch via Wizard

HPDE can be activated from HP Client Security Setup wizard shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 Wizard Page

Completing the wizard performs the following:

 Allows selection of the location for backing up the encryption key. The user can choose either Removable Media, TPM,

and/or OneDrive. If the encryption key backup fails, an error will be displayed to the user and the wizard will not proceed.

 Activates HPDE:

○ Automatically select and encrypt the primary system partition.

○ Automatically perform hardware encryption - if the primary disk is SED. The whole disk is encrypted except the

HP_Tools partition.

○ Use TPM protection for drive encryption on TPM-enabled machines, if TPM is already initialized and owned.

 If you choose not to activate HPDE from the Wizard, you can activate it later via the HP Client Security application.