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How can I tell if the hard drive has a password using Dell tools?
How can you tell if your computer has a hard drive password present?
The guide below will take you through how to do this using the Dell Command Software installed on your Dell computer.
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A guide to checking hard drive Password using the Dell Command Software
Note: You cannot find out about hard drive password presence using Dell Command | Monitor (OMCI), but several other Dell Command tools will help identify this.
How to open a Command Prompt
Press the keys together to open the power user menu. Select Command Prompt with Admin from the list of options.
Dell Command | PowerShell Provider:
PS C:\temp> (dir dellsmbios:\security\hddinfo | select -ExpandProperty currentvalue).PwdProtectedNoPS C:\temp>
Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) #1:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86_64>cctk --hddinfoHDD Information in the current system.--------------------------------------------Index : 0HDD Name: Internal- SN: W3N0FRH7Present: YesPwd-Protected: NoPending-Restart: NoAdmin-only-change: No-------------------------------------------
Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) #2:
(Hard drive Password is present)
C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>cctk --hddpwd=The HDD 0 is password protected. Provide the password.C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>
(No hard drive Password is present)
C:\dell\DCC\x86_64>cctk --hddpwd=HDD password cannot be cleared as the HDD is not password protected.C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>
When checking across your install base, you can include the response from these tools into scripts to check for the presence of a hard drive password.
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