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Table 2-3
Preboot menu options (3 of 6)
Menu option
First level
3 Administrator
6 Manage Disk
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Chapter 2 Solve problems
Second level
Third level
7 Internal
Device
1 Secure Erase
2 Erase/
Unlock
3 Get Status
8 External
Device
1 Secure Erase
2 Erase/
Unlock
3 Get Status
Description
Select the
7 Internal Device
item to erase the internal device
or get the status of the internal device.
Select the
1 Secure Erase
item to erase all of the data on the
disk and unlock it if required.
This might take a long time.
NOTE:
The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. The ATA secure-erase command erases the
entire disk, including firmware. The disk remains an
encrypted disk. The process erases the entire disk, including
firmware. The disk remains an encrypted disk.
Select the
2 Erase/Unlock
item to cryptographically erase all
data on disk and unlock the disk to allow access to it from
any product.
NOTE:
The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. The process erases the HP High Performance
Secure Hard Disk. The disk becomes a non-encrypted disk.
This item provides disk status information if any is available.
Select the
8 External Device
item to erase the internal device
or get the status of the internal device.
Select the
1 Secure Erase
item to erase all of the data on the
disk and unlock it if required.
This might take a long time.
NOTE:
The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled.
The ATA secure-erase command erases the entire disk,
including firmware. The disk remains an encrypted disk.
Select the
2 Erase/Unlock
item to cryptographically erase all
data on the disk and unlock the disk to allow access to it
from any product.
NOTE:
The system will be unusable until the system files
are reinstalled. This process erases the crypto key. The disk
becomes a non-encrypted disk.
This item provides disk status information if any is available.
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