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    BIOS access after reimaging Elitebooks

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Longwalker, Nov 6, 2012.

  1. Longwalker

    Longwalker Notebook Guru

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    Are there any known problems with maintaining access to BIOS setup after reimaging 8x40 series Elitebooks?

    Since the Elitebook BIOS uses Windows user IDs to authenticate access to its configuration settings I'm a little concerned that the BIOS might lock out access if the Windows installation that created the user IDs the BIOS authenticates against goes away.

    Is the BIOS intelligent enough to cope with a re-image gracefully (e.g. by continuing to accept old user IDs until new IDs are created by the new Windows installation) or does the BIOS need to be prepared, pre-disk wipe, to prevent the laptop from bricking itself?
     
    Longwalker, Nov 6, 2012
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  2. joako24

    joako24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The BIOS doesn't use Windows credentials unless you configure it to. Do you absolutely need this? If not just don't configure that portion of ProtecTools.
     
    joako24, Nov 12, 2012
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