Are Dell Inspiron 1300 BIOS passwords HPA or not?¿?¿?

[d3w4yn3]

urgent technical need. read the title. do you know the answer? what is it?

--d3w4yn3

 

[DellCA]

I am not sure if you still need an answer to this or not, but if you are ...

If you are referring to a Hidden Protected Area on the hard drive, then no, the BIOS passwords are not stored there. They are stored in the firmware on the motherboard itself.

If this is not what you were asking just let me know and I'll see if I can find out.


Larry
Dell Customer Advocate

 

[d3w4yn3]

Thanks!

Thanks for the info! I just wanted to find out how secure some data was. Host protected area is always more secure than a solution that won't stop someone from moving the drive to another system to access. Thanks for the info, it was helpful!