Installing Absolute Encryption Manager on a Self-Encrypting Hard Drive

Article Summary: Identifying compatible self-encrypting hard drives for use with Absolute SecureDrive prior to installation.

Before installing Absolute Secure Drive

Absolute Secure Drive is a software that manages encryption keys of client systems using self-encrypting hard drives, and provides them for network administrators for remote access. The software is only supported on OPAL compliant drives from the following manufacturers:

• Hitachi
• Seagate
• Toshiba
• Fujitsu-Toshiba
• Micron

System is stuck in a reboot loop after installation

If the software is installed on an unapproved hard drive, it may fail to boot after installation. It may begin a reboot loop instead of booting to Windows. The user will be unable to format the drive. The volume will be visible, but the user will be unable to delete the partition or partition table. You can locate more information on Absolute SecureDrive below:

http://www.absolute.com/en/products/absolute-secure-drive/resources.aspx