System Requirements

FREE service for Windows 10 & 11

Operating System

Editions

Architectures

Windows 10 -> v21H1

Home, Enterprise, Professional

32/64 bit

Windows 11

Home, Enterprise, Professional

64 bit

 

Required prerequisites for Win 10 Home:

  • TPM v2.0 or higher.
  • BIOS mode configured as Native UEFI only.

Encryption specification

  • Encryption technique: Sector-by-sector encryption.
  • Encryption algorithm: AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128 bit encryption.
  • Performance degradation: Less than 2%.

Standard configuration:

  • Password Length: 6 digits minimum.
  • Password Content: Upper AND lower case AND number(s).

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Operating System

Editions

Architectures

Windows 10 -> 21H1

Professional, Enterprise

32/64 bit

Windows 8, 8.1

Enterprise, Professional

32/64 bit

Windows 7

All editions

32/64 bit

Prerequisites

  • TPM chip is NOT required.

Encryption specification

  • Encryption technique: Sector-by-sector encryption.
  • Encryption algorithm: AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256 bit encryption with unique keys for each sector.
  • Performance degradation: Less than 2%.

Standard configuration:

  • Password Length: 6 digits minimum.
  • Password Content: Upper AND lower case AND number(s).

NOTE: RAID Disks, Hybrid Drives or similar, Compressed root drive, Stripe or Volume partitions are NOT supported.

Mac/Linux/Chromebook

AlertSec does not support MAC OS, Linux or Chromebook.