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improve formatting, correct title (title says hard drive (HDD) while the body talks about solid state drive (SSD)).
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edit approved Apr 23, 2022 at 5:25
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edit approved Apr 23, 2022 at 5:25
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Need to leave computer in repair shop. How can I secure hardsolid state drive contents?

I need to take my desktop into a PC repair shop and leave it for a few days. It would be easy for them to copy the drives without me knowing. I am running Windows 10 with a password but this doesn't actually encrypt the drive. I have multiple SSDs in the PC. I considered just taking the SSDs out but this isn't a good idea because I want them to fix cabling issues (someone told me installing a new power supply is easy but I disagree).

I thought about encrypting sensitive files and encrypting them with Veracrypt but this doesn't seem to be a great idea. I would have to:

         a) find each file, bfile;
        b) encrypt it and then decrypt to use, cuse;
        c) securely wipe the unencrypted file. 

Is there a better option?

Need to leave computer in repair shop. How can I secure hard drive contents?

I need to take my desktop into a PC repair shop and leave it for a few days. It would be easy for them to copy the drives without me knowing. I am running Windows 10 with a password but this doesn't actually encrypt the drive. I have multiple SSDs in the PC. I considered just taking the SSDs out but this isn't a good idea because I want them to fix cabling issues (someone told me installing a new power supply is easy but I disagree).

I thought about encrypting sensitive files and encrypting them with Veracrypt but this doesn't seem to be a great idea. I would have to a) find each file, b) encrypt it and then decrypt to use, c) securely wipe the unencrypted file. Is there a better option?

Need to leave computer in repair shop. How can I secure solid state drive contents?

I need to take my desktop into a PC repair shop and leave it for a few days. It would be easy for them to copy the drives without me knowing. I am running Windows 10 with a password but this doesn't actually encrypt the drive. I have multiple SSDs in the PC. I considered just taking the SSDs out but this isn't a good idea because I want them to fix cabling issues (someone told me installing a new power supply is easy but I disagree).

I thought about encrypting sensitive files and encrypting them with Veracrypt but this doesn't seem to be a great idea. I would have to:

         a) find each file;
        b) encrypt it and then decrypt to use;
        c) securely wipe the unencrypted file. 

Is there a better option?

Seems pretty Windows-specific
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edit approved Apr 22, 2022 at 15:27
Toby Speight
edit approved Apr 22, 2022 at 15:27
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Need to leave computer in repair shop. How can I secure hard drive contents?

I need to take my desktop into a PC repair shop and leave it for a few days. It would be easy for them to copy the drives without me knowing. I am running Windows 10 with a password but this doesn't actually encrypt the drive. I have multiple SSDs in the PC. I considered just taking the SSDs out but this isn't a good idea because I want them to fix cabling issues (someone told me installing a new power supply is easy but I disagree).

I thought about encrypting sensitive files and encrypting them with Veracrypt but this doesn't seem to be a great idea. I would have to a) find each file, b) encrypt it and then decrypt to use, c) securely wipe the unencrypted file. Is there a better option?