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    Lock down the hard drive and serial nos

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lahi88, Apr 17, 2016.

  1. lahi88

    lahi88 Notebook Guru

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    Dear friends ,
    How can we lock the laptop hard drive using windows ?
    I mean yes we can set a simple password but once you remove the hard drive from laptop and connect it via USB like a portable drive for another Computer anyone can easily come in to contact with personal details of that laptop drive .
    Is there a possibility you can avoid this ?
    And can anyone back up our hard drive when they attached like this ?

    And is there a way we can get to know the serial numbers of my laptop hardware components?
    Atleast
    Motherboard, HDD, RAM, Processor , video card
     
    lahi88, Apr 17, 2016
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  2. LTBonham

    LTBonham Notebook Evangelist

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    It sounds like you should look into drive encryption, although there might be a noticeable performance hit on a HDD. I haven't noticed a difference on my SSD, but I don't benchmark.
     
    LTBonham, Apr 17, 2016
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  3. Starlight5

    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @lahi88 Bitlocker encryption should suffice for your needs.
     
    Starlight5, Apr 18, 2016
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  4. lahi88

    lahi88 Notebook Guru

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    OK any idea that I can know about my mother board serial no S
     
    lahi88, Apr 18, 2016
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  5. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Look at the BIOS boot screen it will tell you the motherboard serial number.
     
    StormJumper, Apr 19, 2016
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