Table 5-2
Computer Setup—Security (continued)
Option
Description
IMPORTANT:
Restoring a previously saved MBR after a disk utility or operating system has
modified the MBR, may cause the data on the disk to become inaccessible. Only restore a previously
saved MBR if you are confident that the current bootable disk's MBR has been corrupted or infected
with a virus.
●
Save/Restore GPT of System Hard Drive
Enabling this feature will save the GUID Partition Table (GPT) of the system hard drive. If the GPT is
subsequently changed, the user is prompted to choose whether to restore GPT.
●
DriveLock
Allows you to assign or modify a master or user password for hard drives. When this feature is
enabled, the user is prompted to provide one of the DriveLock passwords during POST. If neither is
successfully entered, the hard drive will remain inaccessible until one of the passwords is
successfully provided during a subsequent cold-boot sequence.
NOTE:
This selection will only appear when at least one drive that supports the DriveLock feature
is attached to the system.
IMPORTANT:
Be aware that these settings take place immediately. A save is not necessary.
IMPORTANT:
Be sure to document the DriveLock password. Losing a DriveLock password will
render a drive permanently locked.
After you select a drive, the following options are available:
Set DriveLock Master Password. Sets the drive’s master password but does not enable DriveLock.
Enable DriveLock. Sets the drive’s user password and enables DriveLock.
●
Secure Erase
Lets you select a hard drive to completely erase.
Once a hard drive has been erased with a program that utilizes Secure Erase firmware commands, no
file recovery program, partition recovery program, or other data recovery method will be able to
extract data from the drive.
●
Allow OPAL Hard Drive SID Authentication
Restore Security
Settings to Default
This action resets security devices, clears BIOS passwords (not including DriveLock), and restores settings
in the Security menu to factory defaults.
Computer Setup—Advanced
NOTE:
Support for specific Computer Setup options can vary depending on the hardware configuration.
Table 5-3
Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users)
Option
Heading
Display Language
Lets you select the language of the menus in F10 Setup and the keyboard layout.
Scheduled Power-On
This feature wakes the system up from a powered off state at a specified date and time.
Boot Options
Select the devices that the computer can boot from, as well as other options, including:
●
Startup Menu Delay(sec). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified delay to the POST process.
One purpose for the delay is to provide additional time to activate hot keys such as
Esc
for the
Startup Menu or
F10
for Computer Setup.
●
Fast Boot. Default is enabled.
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