How To Recover Data On Stolen Laptop with LAlarm laptop alarm

You can use LAlarm laptop alarm to recover data on a stolen laptop.  The following steps configure LAlarm to upload data from your laptop to your online storage account in case of laptop theft.

1. Install LAlarm.
2. Enable account lockout: Run Setup > Click Options link > Lockout tab > Configure link. Or see the LAlarm manual for enabling account lock and auditing policy.
3. Sign up for an online storage account at
   DriveHQ (http://www.drivehq.com/secure/FreeSignUp.aspx?from=ftp)
4. Install WINSCP (http://winscp.net)
5. Configure firewalls not to block WINSCP.
6. After running notepad, copy and paste the following contents into the notepad.
   
   option batch on
   option confirm off
   open ftp://username:password@ftp.drivehq.com -passive
   put c:\mydoc\*.*
   exit
   
   
7. Substitute username, password with your own username and password at DriveHQ. Also replace c:\mydoc with your own folder name that you wish to recover.
8. Save the file as c:\upload.txt (or any other folder of your choice.)
9. Run LAlarm Setup program.
10. Click Options
11. Select Theft Response tab.
12. Enter "c:\program files\winscp\winscp.com" /script=c:\upload.txt in the input box.  Note the file c:\upload.txt must be the same one that you created in the step 8.
13. Press OK or Apply button.

Note:

• The data retrieval will occur when an account is locked out. For example, a thief attempted to logon to your account with incorrect passwords for a number of times.
• There is an alternative way to recover data, see also article 5.
• In this article, DriveHQ and WinSCP are used. But you can substitute them with your own favorite storage service and file transfer program.
• If you have important data on your laptop, you should backup the data daily. This data recovery function is not intended to substitute the daily backup.
• Please read the LAlarm product manual before using LAlarm. The LAlarm manual is accessible by pressing the [Help] button in the LAlarm setup program. 
  

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Article ID: 9, Last Updated:  Aug 21, 2009