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What happens if the password is forgotten or lost for an FDE drive?

April 26, 2017drive FDE Forgotten happens Lost password

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What happens if the password is forgotten or lost for an FDE drive?

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The third party software that manages the passwords for FDE drives have options to create emergency boot diskettes and password back up files when passwords are lost or forgotten. Depending on the software vendor, the emergency tools may be stored on simple floppy diskettes, USB flash drives or even enterprise-wide hardware management databases controlled by IT executives.