From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 23:43:51 EST
At 06:28 PM 2/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > Again.. Think it is part of the mbr.. Don't know 100% but I have read
> > the ibm site about removing a boot password but that's in the bios of
> > the laptop.. As far as a password on a hard drive again I would think it
> > would be set in the mbr
>
>No, Rob's absolutely correct. The password isn't on the HD platters (e.g.
>encrytion), it's on the drive's electronics.
>
>I.e., hardware level security, not software.
So does that mean that non-IBM HD's aren't capable of a HD
password (i.e., they don't have the special on-board electronics)?
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