To Lock The Hard Disk Drive - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 2100 Reference Manual

CAUTION
Basic Operation
Securing Your Notebook

To lock the hard disk drive

The notebook enables you to lock its internal hard disk drive to help keep your
information secure. Hard disk drive lock does not protect a second hard disk drive
installed in the module bay.
When you enable hard disk drive lock, the current BIOS user password
(or administrator password if that is the only password set) is encoded on the
hard disk drive.
If you move the hard disk drive to another notebook, you can't access the drive
until you set the user (or administrator) password to match the drive password.
After you match the drive password, you can change the notebook (and drive)
password. If you forget the password, you cannot recover your data.
1. Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart.
2. When the logo screen appears, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
3. From the Security menu, enable Password Required to Boot.
4. From the Security menu, enable Internal hard disk drive lock.
5. Press F10 to save and exit BIOS Setup.
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