Protect Your Notebook Computer

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If your DELL KM742 laptop is stolen, there's a good chance you'll never see it again. But writing down your model and serial numbers (they're probably on a plate or sticker on the bottom of the notebook) increases the odds that you will. Both Absolute Software and Tometa Software offer software/service combinations that may increase the odds even more. The hidden software they install onto your dell KM769 will report the laptop's physical location (or at least its IP address) when the laptop accesses the Dell P434 Internet. This information can help you track down your stolen computer.

There are several issues here. You want to prevent thieves from stealing your laptop. But if it's stolen despite your best measures, you still want to protect the dell WU841 data--both in the dell 312-0902 sense that you don't want to lose it and you don't want the thieves to access confidential information. Finally, you want to increase the odds of getting it back.

Let's start with preventing the theft in theDell Inspiron 14Z Battery place:

When traveling, keep the laptop in a case that protects it physically but doesn't look like a laptop case (see Caring for Your Laptop). A backpack should do the trick, but some type of bag I haven't mentioned in Dell N672K would probably be better.

Keep it either in your line of sight or in physical contact at all times. Put it in your lap or between your dell 312-0883 legs when sitting down and not using it.

When you're at home, secure it with a lock and cable. Most dell K903K have a security slot that a specially-made lock can clamp onto, and those locks come attached to cables you can put around tables and other unmovable objects. Both Kensington and SecurityKit.com offer selections of cables and locks.

When you're staying at a DELL JKVC5 Battery hotel, bring the laptop with you wherever you go. Or, if there's a safe in your room, put it in there. If neither of these solutions work, bring it to the front desk and ask if it can be put in the Dell Inspiron 1750 Battery hotel's safe. And if that's not an option, use the lock and cable.

Protecting What's On It

Even the most carefully-protected laptop may be stolen, so you need to protect your 9 Cell Dell Inspiron 1440 battery data. Most of your files will be of little use to criminals, but if there's something you'd rather they not get a hold of FPCBP226 (bank statements, corporate secrets, letters of transit), encrypt it. See Avoid Windows Encryption for ways to do this.

You may not want to give criminals access to your data, but neither do you want to lose it yourself. Keep an up-to-date backup--and a backup to your internal hard drive doesn't count. If you backup to an Lenovo 51J0499 Battery external hard drive, don't pack that drive in the FUJITSU FPCBP225 same bag as your laptop. In fact, when you're on the road, leave the backup drive at home, and carry copies of the files you'll need on this trip on a flash drive that you carry with you.