HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Whitepaper

August 2018
919946-003
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
© Copyright 2016-2018 HP Development Company, L.P.
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4.8 DriveLock/Automatic DriveLock Menu
DriveLock prevents unauthorized access to the contents of a selected hard drive. Enter a password to access the drive and
the drive is accessible only when attached to a PC.
NOTE: DriveLock states cannot change after a warm reboot. Power off the system then boot directly to the setup menu,
then to this menu. The DriveLock Master and User passwords cannot be changed if you enable Automatic DriveLock.
Table 15 DriveLock Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Automatic
DriveLock
Setting
This feature is intended to prevent someone from accessing data on your
drive after they have physically removed it from your system. A BIOS
administrator password is required for this feature.
When this feature is enabled, the BIOS sets a randomly-generated user
password, sets the master password with the BIOS administrator password,
and marks the drive as a member of an Automatic DriveLock group.
Thereafter, the BIOS will automatically unlock the drive while it is attached to
the its host system. If the drive is physically removed from its host system
and attached to another system, the user will be prompted for the DriveLock
password. The user must provide the BIOS administrator password from the
original host system to access the drive.
NOTE: Drivelock is not supported on NVMe drives.
Disable
Reboot
Required
Set DriveLock
Master
Password
Setting
Password to disable or access a hard drive with DriveLock protection.
Reboot
Required
Enable
DriveLock
Setting
Enables DriveLock protection and creates a user password distinct from the
master password that allows access to the hard drive
Disable
Reboot
Required
Change
DriveLock
User
Password
Action
Displayed only if DriveLock is enabled and a valid password was supplied at
the DriveLock POST prompt. Allows the user password to be changed when
selected
Change
DriveLock
Master
Password
Action
Displayed only if DriveLock is enabled and a valid password was supplied at
the DriveLock POST prompt. Allows the master password to be changed when
selected.
Disable
DriveLock
Setting
Displayed only if DriveLock is enabled and a valid password was supplied at
the DriveLock POST prompt. Allows DriveLock to be disabled when it is
enabled.