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    Disable Booting From Removable Media (CD-ROM, USB, etc)

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by supralover23, Jul 12, 2012.

  1. supralover23

    supralover23 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to secure (insofar as it's possible) my NP8150 from theft, so I installed a tracking program, but that doesn't help if someone can just boot from USB and reformat my computer.

    I talked to one of the resellers, and they said that it's not possible to disable booting from removable media in the BIOS, so I'm wondering if there's a way to obtain that functionality?

    Any help is appreciated, thanks!
     
    supralover23, Jul 12, 2012
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  2. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    u could just password-protect ur bios so nobody can enter it :)

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    jaybee83, Jul 13, 2012
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  3. elingeniero

    elingeniero Notebook Geek

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    You may already know this but have you considered Intel Anti-theft technology. Your CPU supports it.
     
    elingeniero, Jul 13, 2012
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  4. Heihachi_1337

    Heihachi_1337 Notebook Deity

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    You should also be able to go into the BIOS and under the Boot Options, you can disable devices to boot from.
     
    Heihachi_1337, Jul 13, 2012
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  5. supralover23

    supralover23 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't see any options to disable boot devices in the BIOS; all I can do is change the boot order.

    For the time being, I've just set the computer to require a BIOS password at boot time, though it's not the most elegant solution.
     
    supralover23, Jul 13, 2012
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