In a message dated 10-15-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GM Ed,   
      
    HG> If you put a password on your HD's (in the BIOS) nobody will   
    HG> ever get access to the contents in them but you have to enter   
    HG> that password every time you start your machine.   
      
   EV> I've set a BIOS Password on all of the PC Compatible computers I've   
   EV> owned.   
      
   I didn't write about a BIOS password.   
      
   EV> I'm a believer in making it hard for a thief to enjoy using my   
   EV> computer unless he was savvy enough to open the case and put my HDD   
   EV> in another computer to see what is on it.   
      
   That's where the HD password comes in. Wherever that HD is mounted it   
   can not be opened without knowing that password. The pwrd is written   
   into the HD itself.   
      
   EV> Have You seen the Youtube video of Youngsters being placed in front   
   EV> of an Apple ][ PC and having to be told the power switch is on the   
   EV> back and they had to be shown how to Enter Commands on a the   
   EV> computers keyboard, and use a Dial-Up 2400 baud Modem, etc., etc.?   
      
   Nope, I have other hobbies and duties.   
      
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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