Acronis boot manager F11 password protection
I use Acronis True Image 2011 Plus Pak on Windows 7. My question is about password from the Acronis emergency boot manager. This is activated by pressing F11 during system startup. It occurs to me that anyone who powers up my computer currently has access to Acronis powerful tools including delete, restore, and browsing. What is the best way to secure or password protect these functions ?
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Thanks for your advice. I have a good Bootable recovery CD that is tested and works. The sytem bios is pasword protected also, however F12 allows the boot menu, which means any bootable CD could be also used. Perhaps I should try to disable it. In that case the CD booting would be re-enabled only when need and authorized.
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Sure, you could disable booting from DVD or USB and then lock the BIOS settings with a password. This password will not jeopardize compatibility with Acronis because it stays in the BIOS CMOS memory, not on the disk.
If your computer allows to request a password before booting (not before accessing the BIOS), then it is probably encrypting some sectors of the disk and that could jeopardize compatibility.
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