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Best way to protect Windows 7 Home Premium data
Hi
I've been looking around on the internet for the best way of protecting data on my laptop if the laptop were stolen. It's a bit depressing as it seems like everything can be hacked. There isn't really any particularly important data on the laptop, but I do use it for online shopping and banking. I have Norton 360 that saves my passwords, but they are also saved by Firefox too. I have set a password on Firefox on opening. I have a few questions.
Are the Norton and Firefox passwords safe? Or are they actually easy to get into?
How can I best protect the laptop from someone getting into it in the first place? I have my user account set up as administrator with password, but is that enough?
Is it worth having a bios password and hdd password and how do I do that? I do not have bitlocker because I only have home premium.
Are burglars interested in the files anyway? Don't they just want the hardware? In which case should I let them access the bios so they can re-install windows and overwrite my files? Does it overwrite? Or are they stored in an "old" folder?
I suppose the safest way would be to store files online?
What is the best way to go?
Regards
paranoid Al