Comments on: Protect And Track Your Laptop In Case Of Theft

By: Araxhiel Khy

Araxhiel Khy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:11:04 +0000

What about when the thief is a smart thief and he decide to format the laptop? There are something that continue working after that? (or at least that the system refuses to cooperate with any action attempted by the thief in question (even not allowed to format the hard disk))

By: Data Security

Data Security — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:54:42 +0000

The GPS-type feature that allows police to track the laptop's last ten locations is simply lovely. If only they could make it more precise to work like an actual GPS, then you could always feel that your laptop has all of its data protected, even in the most public settings. All I can say is that I can now feel comfortable leaving my laptop unattended when I order my latte at Starbucks.

By: Laptop Locks

Laptop Locks — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:43:44 +0000

If you could combine this software, with a real laptop lock you would really be protected for good.

By: zee

zee — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:48:33 +0000

I need a solution that can protect een against formatting of the HDD. Isn’t there an application that can set apart and hide a section of the HDD and keep information in there to be used to protect & track the laptop?

By: Geek

Geek — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:32:19 +0000

Thanks for the tip Simon. Specially with the increase of stolen laptop in my city, this can help.

- Khoi

By: Simon Slangen

Simon Slangen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:08:59 +0000

Hi Tom, Filip,

Thanks for the tip, looks good – I’ll be sure to check it out!

By: zed

zed — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:45:16 +0000

if you set a bios password and turn off the boot options for anything but HD that will not be a problem. Sure the thief can remove the cmos battery, but chances are they are not that smart

By: Filip

Filip — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:19:04 +0000

Hi Simon,

Full disclosure (from a fellow countryman), I work for http://www.nomadesk.com. We have integrated a similar service in NomaDesk. Check out: http://www.nomadesk.com/theftguard

By: jollyrogue

jollyrogue — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:17:05 +0000

it’s all good but they don’t exactly help if the thief just formats the hard drive

By: Tom Dupon

Tom Dupon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:33:45 +0000

NomaDesk has got this feature already built – it’s called TheftGuard. Besides data protection, NomaDesk also offers file sharing and synchronization. Feel free to try it on NomaDesk.com.
I appreciate your feedback.
Tom Dupon – online marketing manager NomaDesk