wizodd, for example I never turned off my laptop usually keep it stand-by or hibernated, however all value information I use is located on virtual encrypted disk (PGP disk), so if even my laptop is stolen the thief will find its desktop locked and in case if thief gonna copy my value files from HDD he should take out the HDD from laptop to connect it to other PC, after he shutdown the laptop the encrypted disk is not accessible anymore. The password length is 15 chars, so it is not easy to hack the virtual disk image :-)