Table 42. System setup options—Maintenance menu(continued)
Maintenance
Default: OFF
Start Data Wipe
CAUTION:
This Secure Wipe Operation deletes information in a way that
it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that are
connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON
Table 43. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
Clear POWER Event Log
Select keep or clear Power events.
Default: Keep
BIOS Event Log
Clear Bios Event Log
Select keep or clear BIOS events.
Default: Keep
Thermal Event Log
Clear Thermal Event Log
Select keep or clear Thermal events.
Default: Keep
Table 44. System setup options—SupportAssist menu
SupportAssist
Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and
for Dell operating system Recovery tool.
Default: 2.
SupportAssist OS Recovery
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist operating system Recovery tool
in the even of certain system errors.
Default: ON
BIOSConnect
Enables or disables cloud Service OS recover if the main operating system fails to
boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the value specified by the
Auto OS Recovery Threshold setup option.
Default: ON
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System
passwords
About this task
To clear the system or BIOS passwords, contact Dell technical support as described at
NOTE:
For information on how to reset Windows or application passwords, refer to the documentation accompanying
Windows or your application.
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