Table 4. System setup options—Advanced menu (continued)
Advanced
Maintenance
Data Wipe on next boot Enables or disables data wipe on the next boot.
Default: Disabled
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive
or an external USB key.
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Enables BIOS to automatically recover BIOS without user
actions.
Default: Disabled
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for the Dell OS Recovery tool.
Default: 2
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS
Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: Disabled
Table 5. System setup options—Security menu
Security
Admin Password Status Displays if the administrator password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
System Password Status Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
HDD Password Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
Service Tag Set your system’s Service Tag.
Asset Tag Set your system’s Asset Tag.
Admin Password Allows you to set the administrator password. The
administrator password controls access to the system
setup utility.
System Password Allows you to set the system password. The system
password controls access to the computer at boot.
HDD Password Allows you to set the HDD password. The HDD password
controls access to the computers HDD.
Password Change Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD
password changes.
Default: Permitted
Absolute
®
Allows you to track your computer
Default: enabled
Absolute
®
Status Allows you to activate or deactivate the Absolute
®
feature
Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Deactivate
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