Do you know what Dell Data Protection is?
If you are a user of Dell devices, desktops orlaptops, you are probably familiar with this solution.
And, some other computer users may also hear of it.
What Is Dell Data Protection?
Dell Data Protection spans many products.
It was originally named Credant Mobile Guardian.
In 2012, Dell acquired Credant and rebranded the product to Dell Data Protection.
In 2017, it was renamed DellData Security.
What Can Dell Data Protection Do?
For mixed working environments, Dell Data Protection wont interrupt current computer processes.
Relying on a Hardware Encryption Accelerator, Dell Data Protection offers a self-encryption-drive-like functionality without a drive size limit.
External Media Policies
The external media policies enforced by Dell Data Protection protect removable hard drives.
Why Dell Data Protection Comes to Its End of Life?
As products pass their end of a potential, they are no longer useful to their users anymore.
Or, when products become antiquated, they are sunset towards their end of life.
Those products are probably substituted by other similar ones just like Dell Data Protection was replaced by Dell Encryption.
Then, you may consider clear Dell Data Protection away from your machine.
How to Uninstall Dell Data Protection?
Therefore, firstly, you need todownload it from dell.com.
Then, just follow the below steps.
Double-tap on the downloadedDataSecurityUninstaller.exefile to launch it.
Note that the file requires log4net.dll to locate in the same folder to run successfully.
If not, skip to the next step 3.
In the welcome screen, clickNextto proceed.
It will select all the Dell security programs by default.
If you want to keep some of them, just uncheck them from the list.
Otherwise, skip to the below step 7.
If theself-encryption driveis provisioned on an endpoint, it must be deactivated before removing encryption.
ClickOKto exit the Dell Data Security Uninstaller.
If a self-encryption drive is already deactivated or not used, just go to step 8.
ClickRemoveto delete the chosen software from step 4.
If any program fails to uninstall, it will appear in the Uninstall Logging tab.
Below list some popular replacements of Dell Data Protection including the official Dell Encryption.
#1 Dell Encryption
Dell Encryption is nearly the same as Dell Data Protection.
It inherits all the functions of Dell Data Protection and improves them to be better.
This also means that Dell Encryption has some disadvantages that belong to Dell Data Protection.
Then, maybe another Dell replacement will take over your data security; maybe none.
Until then, you must find another alternative.
Then, why not now!
#2 BitLocker
BitLocker is a full volume encryption procedure embedded into Windows sinceWindows Vista.
It is designed to achieve data protection by offering encryption for entire volumes.
Not only encryption can protect data, but also backup!
The only difference is that encryption prevents data been seen and leaked while backup avoids data loss.
Below is a brief guide showing you how to make a backup of personal files.
Before start, you should download and install MiniTool ShadowMaker on your Dell devices.
MiniTool ShadowMaker also provides different editions for different users including Personal, Pro, andBusiness.
Then, you should provide a large destination to save the coming image files.
OK, that is all about Dell Data Protection.
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