Security Settings; Hard Disk Security - Ampro COM 830 Reference Manual

Chapter 4

Security Settings

Feature
Supervisor Password
User Password
Change Supervisor
Password
User Access Level
Change User Password enter password
Password Check
Boot Sector Virus
Protection
BIOS Update & Write
Protection
END-Key Loads
CMOS Defaults

Hard Disk Security

This feature enables the users to set, reset or disable passwords for each hard drive in Setup without
rebooting. If the user enables password support, a power cycle must occur for the hard drive to lock using
the new password. Both user and master password can be set independently however the drive will only lock
if a user password is installed.
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Options Description
Installed Reports if there is a supervisor password set.
Not Installed
Installed Reports if there is a user password set.
Not Installed
enter password Specifies the supervisor password.
No Access Sets BIOS setup utility access rights for user level.
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Specifies the user password.
Setup Setup: Check password while invoking setup.
Always: Check password also on each boot.
Always
Disabled Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection.
Enabled The BIOS displays a warning when any program (or
virus) issues a Disk Format command or attempts to
write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive.
If enabled, the following appears when a write is
attempted to the boot sector. You may have to type N
several times to prevent the boot sector write.
Boot Sector Write!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)?
The following appears after any attempt to format any
cylinder, head or sector of any hard disk drive via the
BIOS INT13 hard disk drive service:
Format!!!
Possible VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)?
Disabled Only visible if a supervisor password is installed. If
enabled the BIOS update and modification utilities
Enabled
will ask for the supervisor password before allowing
any write accesses to the BIOS flash ROM chip.
Yes If set to Yes, the user can force the loading of CMOS
defaults by pressing the END key during POST.
No
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