2006-08-12 06:43:30 · 9 answers · asked by smokindoggy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
password does not protect ur pc but it works only for operating system
hence if someone steals your harddrive and puts in other pc, the password will work untill it is cracked or hacked
2006-08-12 06:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The newer version of Laptops now adays using HDD's with password protection. Which means if you set the password on the HDD it will be saved in the HDD's BIOS and will travel with it. So if someone steal your hdd and try to get access to the data it will ask the same password. But as for anything there is a way to get around this security.
There are HDD's for Desktops available with the same feature as well. You can set the pass from the BIOS of the computer.
2006-08-12 13:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by canguy71 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the password - a password held in bios has nothing to do with your hard drive. WIndows passwords or file level passwords would still be intact when the drive is spun up. However, cracking or circumventing most passwords is trivial given unlimited access to the drive. Encrypted files are a different matter; they are much harder to break (depeding, of course, on the level of encryption used).
2006-08-12 13:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by Madhouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your windows password will continue to work, but with the right program, anyone can hack into the system. In addition, if the drive is placed into another unit as the SLAVE drive, the information can be gleaned off of it quite easily without a password.
2006-08-12 13:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what the password does. If they do not boot with your operating system but only read the hard drive, it might bypass the password. Only if the data is encrypted by a password would it truly be protected.
2006-08-12 13:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The password on the drive will still be active, but can be broken. The password on the MB of the computer is another matter.
2006-08-12 13:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by gtoacp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by "work".
If you mean will your data be protected because you had passwords set up, then no, unless your data is encrypted it isn't safe.
2006-08-12 13:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by Ken H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the passowrds are on files then yes sure they should work. But Im not so sure if its on a bios if that will sto them using it. But the determined users would be able to circumstate the security easily enough.
2006-08-12 13:48:00 · answer #8 · answered by Tiger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. and how the hell did some one steal your hard drive?this is not done in 2 min's while you go pee.
2006-08-12 13:48:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋