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holger_s

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Satellite M40X-112: HDD Password in Bios
Posted: 23-Jan-2012 12:59

Hello,

I have a laptop M40X-112. I enabled the HDD password in BIOS. How safe is this? Can the HDD be read in another PC? Is the data encrypted on the HDD? Whichever method is used?

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Sincerely
Holger

Paolo30

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Re: Satellite M40X-112: HDD Password in Bios
Posted: 23-Jan-2012 13:26

in response to: holger_s

Helpful

Hi

HDD Password is stored in the HDD unit itself.
So even the HDD unit is removed from one computer and attached to another, the HDD password is required to access it.

Here are some details:

What is A HDD Password?
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/FAQ9202JG0000R01.htm

TOSHIBA HDD Password summary
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB6B01MC000CR01.htm

Note: you will not be able to access the HDD if you forget the password! So be careful with that!

Akuma

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Registered: 12/08/08

Re: Satellite M40X-112: HDD Password in Bios
Posted: 08-Mar-2012 02:20

in response to: holger_s

The data is not encrypted so you will need to use software to encrypt the data.

Remember to backup your data to a different storage device. A Hard Disk can fail at any time since it has high precision mechanical parts.

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