Is it possible to set a password for a drive in the BIOS of modern Acer

dmtrpv
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edited August 2023 in 2019 Archives

Is it possible to set a password for a drive in the BIOS of modern Acer?

In 2008, in my laptop of another manufacturer, it was possible to set a password in the bios not only to enter the bios, but also to the hard drive. And I did not worry about the loss of a laptop.
Now I want to buy Acer Aspire A315, it has an SSD drive.
Is it possible to set a password on the SSD in the BIOS, so as not to worry about confidential data when losing a laptop?

Answers

  • TECH_MAN
    TECH_MAN Ally Posts: 453
    Hi dmtrpv
    You will not be able to create Drive Password in BIOS, However You can create Driver Password 

    Steps to set hard drive password in Windows 

    Step 1: Open This PC, right-click a hard drive and choose Turn on BitLocker in the context menu.

    Step 2: In the BitLocker Drive Encryption window, select Use a password to unlock the drive, enter a password, reenter the password and then tap Next.

    Tip: A password can contain uppercase/lowercase letters, numbers, spaces and symbols, and it can be 8 to 256 characters long.

    Step 3: Choose how to back up BitLocker recovery key from Save to your Microsoft accountSave to a file and Print the recovery key.

    For instance, if Save to a file is selected, click Save in the Save BitLocker recovery key as window, and then choose Yes to confirm saving the key on your PC.

    Step 4: Tap Next to continue.

    Step 5: Choose drive space to encrypt from Encrypt used disk space only (faster and best for new PCs and drives) and Encrypt entire drive (slower but best for PCs and drives already in use), and hit Next.

    Tip: If you select the former, BitLocker will encrypt the new data automatically as you add it.

    Step 6: Hit Start encrypting and wait for the encryption process to finish.

    Note: The setting will take effect after restarting computer.

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  • It depends. The nvme models do not support adding a bios password. Now if it's a sata 3, I think it's possible to add a password.
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