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    How to set a BIOS password?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hydralisks, Aug 30, 2008.

  1. hydralisks

    hydralisks Notebook Consultant

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    How do I set a BIOS password for my 1530?
     
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    Reboot and go into the bios. Set the administrative password.
     
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    Only the administrator password? There seems to be options of other passwords as well such as the internal hdd password.
     
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    From the Dell support site...

    Administrative Password Can Be Used in Place of the Primary Hard Disk Password


    If the administrative password is installed when the user creates the primary hard disk password, then the administrative password can be used in place of the primary hard disk password. This feature allows an administrator to unlock password-protected hard disks as long as an administrative password is installed before deploying the systems.

    There are two behaviors associated with this feature that help to preserve the integrity of the hard disk’s password:

    The administrative password will only work to unlock a hard disk on the system on which the hard disk password was created. This means a password-protected hard disk can not be removed from one system, placed in a second system and be unlocked using the administrative password on the second system.


    Installing an administrative password on a system after the hard disk password has been created will not enable unlocking of the hard disk using the administrative password.
     
    Rhodan, Aug 31, 2008
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