Would it be possible to insert a USB hard drive with Windows on a laptop / PC in the laptop / PC and select the BIOS that it should boot through the USB hard drive. Then you have all the data on the other hard drives, because you have booted your own Windows and the other hard drives are displayed normally.
Exactly.
anything that is not encrypted is not secure
Then such a password at Windows does nothing to log in. The perpetrator doesn't need 2 minutes to change the BIOS start and boot on his SSD. He already has the data. Quickly copied documents and changed BIOS startup sequence again. The victim will never know anything…
Yes. This only helps against occasional thieves / curious people
Well a BIOS password would help, but who has it except the IT experts?
That is not completly correct. To see the data in the user folders, you then need their password. The real security hole is that you have admin rights in the repair console and you can change the passwords.
But Windows has hard disk encryption onboard. It is safe.
Bio passwords can be reset…
That is exactly correct, with 1-2 restrictions, but these can also be levered out.
Relatively secure would be a bitlocker encryption like Windows (possibly only from a professional) onboard or ne open source alternative like veracrypt (is however not quite as easy to use as the bitlocker with Windows now.
But even here - this is not absolutely safe, although it is practically not really crackable if it is locked, but to use the data it must be open and therefore legible, of course at the time every attacker can also read your data or possibly even passwords from RAM or similar Reading. If the computer is off and the ram is empty, then practically no one has the chance to get this data anymore - he has the password.
And what is encrypted is only secure when it is not in use.
How come? Soldering yes, but how to reset? According to a Youtuber "the IT channel on the Internet" this is not possible.
Eg. Take out the bios battery or do a cmos reset
The guy here says something else:
You can't reset your bios password, can you?
What minute?
10:50
Or 7:40
Yes thinkpad doesn't seem to be badly secured are also known for it. I don't know any further. He also says that they have improved this with new devices
Yeah, but soldering is also extremely difficult with so many solder points nearby. It is not easy to prevent a short circuit when soldering…
Depends on the mainboard of the computer / laptop. If a complete reset is possible here e.g. You can't reset it by removing the battery or using a jumper - however, you could simply remove your hard drive and install it somewhere else and then have access to the data. We're currently assuming that someone has physical access to the computer.
Yes, but the laptop is junk if you forget the BIOS password or?
It also depends on how the laptop does it.
Not really junk anyway. You could continue to use the individual parts and, as I said, removing the hard drive would also get the data.
son bios pw actually only makes sense with laptops because of theft. And then of course it doesn't help you that much either, only the thief has the trouble.
This is a thinkpad. This is specially secured against it.
Desoldering is easy. SMD is not soldered with the classic piston, but hot air is used. It doesn't matter if the surrounding solder joints become liquid and harden again. You can also shield the surrounding regions with Kapton tape.
