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US07827376B2 System and method for protecting hidden protected area of HDD during operation
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操作期间保护HDD隐藏保护区的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for protecting hidden protected area of HDD during operation
- Patent Title (中): 操作期间保护HDD隐藏保护区的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11168088Application Date: 2005-06-27
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Publication No.: US07827376B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Nathan J. Peterson , Joseph Wayne Freeman , Rod David Waltermann , Randall Scott Springfield , Mark Charles Davis , Steven Dale Goodman , Howard Jeffrey Locker , Daryl Carvis Cromer
- Applicant: Nathan J. Peterson , Joseph Wayne Freeman , Rod David Waltermann , Randall Scott Springfield , Mark Charles Davis , Steven Dale Goodman , Howard Jeffrey Locker , Daryl Carvis Cromer
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agent John L. Rogitz
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00
Abstract:
A “setmax” command is issued in BIOS to hide the service area (HPA) of a HDD during normal operation, so that the HPA cannot be accessed or erased inadvertently by the user or by a virus. Pressing a special key (e.g., F11) during booting permits access to the HPA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060294298A1 System and method for protecting hidden protected area of HDD during operation Public/Granted day:2006-12-28
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