RE: HDD Password

["Huang, John, GCM" <John.Huang () rbsgc com>]

What you need is harddrive encryption that loads pre-os boot. Someone can easily get around your BIOS password 
protection by either jumper resetting your BIOS or swapping your harddrive into another laptop. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard [mailto:ripareto () gmail com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:25 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: HDD Password

Hi,

I have a laptop (ACER Travelmate 4100) and I´m testing the HDD Password that my laptop has. I have to chose a good 
solution to protect the data stored in the hard disk.

This password is set using the BIOS but is a different key of Master BIOS password. It doesn´t dissapear formating the 
disk o doing fdisk

¿The HDD password is strong protection? ¿how can I break the _HDD Password_ of my laptop?

¿Ideas? ¿Tools?

Thanks

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