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Which password protection to use?
Hy,
I am wondering what protection I should use. I know that desktops can be jumpered and therefore the password will be reset. I don't think that it is worth the uncomfort password typing when you can so simply bypass password protection.
So I wonder: Is it worth to use the harddisk protection or the Admin bios protection. Which is to prefer when I want to secure my personal data? Is the admin password able to make the laptop unusable to any other person when stolen? When stolen and somebody has physical access to my harddisk can he use it?
thanks for your replies
I am wondering what protection I should use. I know that desktops can be jumpered and therefore the password will be reset. I don't think that it is worth the uncomfort password typing when you can so simply bypass password protection.
So I wonder: Is it worth to use the harddisk protection or the Admin bios protection. Which is to prefer when I want to secure my personal data? Is the admin password able to make the laptop unusable to any other person when stolen? When stolen and somebody has physical access to my harddisk can he use it?
thanks for your replies
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Posted December 28th, 2004 14:00
Thank you for your reply. Thank you for your complete and detailed overview. But I still don't know what these passwords do. What is the administrator and what is the HDD password for? I think I will now convert my files to encrypted NTFS..528
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Posted December 28th, 2004 15:00
lol- so they are always kind, eh?
Okay so once again: someone can or cannot access my laptop or my HDD if he took it out? On the one hand it is extremely comfortable to have a very open laptop(i.e. you can easily access all components), but on the other hand it takes not even a minute to steal the HDD..
I only think, if it would provide a appropriate protection I would go through all the hassle with typing in the passwort before any boot. And of course loose the remote control functionality, like power on LAN-528
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Posted December 28th, 2004 15:00
'No jumper' does this mean my data IS secure even if someone took my harddisk out and put it in a different one? What happens if I loose my password? Do I have to send it in? I have NBD service would this be covered by Dell(I don't think so, but...)??528
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Posted December 28th, 2004 15:00
If you forget the password you will need to call Dell tech support and once you prove you are the registered owner they will help you remove the password. IF you are NOT the Dell registered owner they will hang up on you, although they may say GOOD BY first.528
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Posted December 28th, 2004 15:00
There is NO jumper to reset a BIOS boot, admin or hard drive password on Dell notebooks. So you can be secure in the knowledge that if you use a BIOS password of any type on a Dell notebook no one, even you, will be able to access it without knowing the password.528
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Posted December 28th, 2004 15:00
Just set a HDD password on it and if the HDD is removed it will NOT function in any other PC, and I mean even in the same make and model of notebook.
It also wouldn't work in the same notebook if the system/motherboard is changed. It take both the same MB and the HDD to remove a HDD.
So if you set one and the MB fails and need to replaced you will need a new HDD also and you will lose all the files on the original HDD. There are pluses and minuses to every password system.
Message Edited by Ed C on 12-28-2004 12:31 PM
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Posted February 16th, 2005 13:00
How did you get you're personal information on the boot screen?
I only was able to get a Asset-Name-Tag in the BIOS, and only when the technician arrived.
Where you doing it yourself or has this been done by Dell??528
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Posted February 16th, 2005 13:00
and, you can not access anything without correct primary password.The hard disk can not be used if it was removed from the original motherboard where it was set a password.110
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Posted February 16th, 2005 15:00
download the program named asset.comasset.com /o new_owner_tag
Manh
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Posted December 28th, 2004 13:00