NEC ShieldPRO FC-N21S Ruggedised Notebook Computer
User’s Guide 0318-00002 Ver. 2.0 Dec 2008 – Page 87
It takes 80 to 140 minutes to erase a 60GB HDD.
1. Select [Hard Disk Erase] and press
Enter
. The [Setup Confirmation] dialog box appears.
2. Select [Yes] to exit the BIOS SETUP Utility and transit to the erase HDD dialog box. The
following dialog box appears.
3. Press
Y
to start erasing the HDD.
4. Press
N
to cancel the erase HDD procedure and start system booting.
5. Press
ESC
to shutdown the system (power-off).
After the HDD data is erased, the data previously stored in the HDD cannot be restored. Before
erasing the HDD, make sure that the HDD is free of important data.
[Hard Disk Erase] does not appear in the menu if you enter the BIOS SETUP Utility with the user
password.
The HDD master and HDD user passwords set may not be entered even if [Primary Master HDD
Password] is set to [Enabled] when booting.
6.4.1.9.
No-execute memory protection
This option allows you to specify whether the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) feature of the HDD
is enabled or not.
Option
Parameter
Description
No-Execute Memory
Protection
Enabled
Disabled
Enable or disable the DEP (Data Execution Prevention)
feature.
Set to [Enabled] to enable the DEP feature.
Set to [Disabled] to disable the DEP feature.
*Shaded value: Factory-setting
DEP (Data Execution Prevention) can prevent illegal programs and data from being executed by the
hardware. DEP disables computer viruses from writing or running program codes illegally.