10-19-14 13:05 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: HD pwrd   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <5444E681.13525.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 10-17-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> GM Ed,   
   GM Holger,   
    EV> When I saw "(in the BIOS)" in Your reply the MB BIOS is all I   
    EV> thought of, I didn't think that it could be the BIOS on the HDD.   
      
    HG> The BIOS is the only place where you can set a pwrd on HDD's.   
      
    EV> I think long time ago me and Jean talked about this and I learned it   
    EV> applied to HDDs on Notebooks only.   
   -snip-   
    HG> The HD pwrd can be set on any HD as long as there is such a   
    HG> setting in the BIOS configuration.   
      
    HG> That's where the HD password comes in. Wherever that HD is   
    HG> mounted it can not be opened without knowing that password. The   
    HG> pwrd is written into the HD itself.   
      
   That's the best protection!   
      
   My having the PW set on this mini-tower's BIOS and the Users Accounts   
   wouldn't prevent some thief from reading what is on my HDD if it was   
   placed into another pc.   
      
   I haven't thought to look at the notebooks HDD to see if the PW is set   
   or not.   
      
   It's probably is NOT because when I turn it on it BOOTs up asking me   
   which account I want to use, the Admin or the Standard.   
   It's a Vista box, and I use the Standard account since IT will ask when   
   IT THINKS a program needs Administrator Permission before it can allow   
   it to run.   
      
   I'd think if the HDD PW was set I would first have to enter that one   
   before a BOOT would take place.   ..--..   
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