HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-5 2016 -2019 Technical Whitepaper
HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup 
June 2019 
919946-004 
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P. 
4 Security Menu 27 
4.9 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 and then boot directly to the BIOS setup 
to access these menus. The DriveLock Master and User passwords cannot be changed if you enable Automatic DriveLock. 
Table 17  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 automatically unlocks 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 is prompted for the 
DriveLock password. The user must provide the BIOS administrator 
password from the original host system to access the drive. 
Disable 
Power cycle 
required. 
Not supported 
for M.2 NVMe 
drives. 
Set DriveLock 
Master 
Password 
Setting 
Password to disable or access a hard drive with DriveLock protection. 
Power cycle 
required. 
Not supported 
for M.2 NVMe 
drives. 
Enable 
DriveLock 
Setting 
Enables DriveLock protection and creates a user password distinct from 
the master password that allows access to the hard drive 
Disable 
Power cycle 
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. 
Power cycle 
required. 
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. 
Power cycle 
required. 
Not supported 
for M.2 NVMe 
drives. 
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. 
Power cycle 
required. 










