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.
4 Security Menu 23
4.7 Hard Drive Utilities Menu
This sub-menu provides features that protect the data on individual hard drives, such as: recovering the master boot record,
preventing unauthorized access and erasing data.
Table 14 Hard Drive Utilities Menu features
Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Save/Restore MBR of
the system hard drive
Setting
When checked, saves a baseline MBR that can be restored
if a change is detected
NOTE: Not applicable for UEFI boot modes
Unchecked
Reboot
Required
 Save/Restore GPT of
System Hard Drive
Setting
When checked, saves a baseline GUID Partition Table that
can be restored if a change is detected.
NOTE: Not applicable for Legacy boot modes
Prior to 2016: Did not exist
Unchecked
Reboot
Required
Boot Sector (MBR/GPT)
Recovery Policy
Setting
Allows selection of the default action when an MBR/GPT
event occurs
Local User
Control
DriveLock/Automatic
DriveLock
Menu
DriveLock prevents unauthorized access to the contents of
a selected hard drive.
Secure Erase
Select a Drive…
Action
Uses hardware based methods to erase safely all data and
personal information from a selected Hard Drive.
Reboot
Required
 Allow OPAL Hard Drive
SID Authentication
Setting
Allows for higher security on self-encrypting drives that
support SID Authentication. If enabled 3
rd
parties (including
some encryption software) are not allowed to perform
certain drive activities.
Unchecked
Reboot
Required