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BIOS Option to Set a Hard Drive Password on M.2 SSD
Summary: Information about BIOS hard drive passwords on M.2 Solid State Drives (SSD).
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Hard Drive Password
Computers with M.2 SATA drives support hard drive passwords with the SATA Operation BIOS setting set to Enabled. Should the SATA Operation BIOS setting be Disabled (Figure 1), the computer will no longer have hard drive password support. This is working by design as the function is only supported with the SATA Operation Enabled.
Figure 1 Precision 7710 BIOS (Example).
Note: Computers with M.2 NVMe drives also support hard drive passwords with the SATA Operation BIOS setting set to Enabled.
The following lists of computers have the option to set the hard drive password on M.2 NVMe SSDs:
- Alienware
- M15 R6
- G-Series
- Dell G3 3500
- Dell G5 5500
- Dell G7 7500
- Dell G7 7700
- Dell G15 5510
- Dell G15 5511
- Inspiron
- Inspiron 3493
- Inspiron 3501
- Inspiron 3511
- Inspiron 3891
- Inspiron 5301
- Inspiron 5310
- Inspiron 5402
- Inspiron 5406 2in1
- Inspiron 5409
- Inspiron 5410
- Inspiron 5502
- Inspiron 5509
- Inspiron 7300
- Inspiron 7306 2in1
- Inspiron 7390
- Inspiron 7391
- Inspiron 7400
- Inspiron 7500
- Inspiron 7501
- Inspiron 7506 2in1
- Inspiron 7510
- Inspiron 7590
- Inspiron 7591
- Inspiron 7610
- Inspiron 7706 2in1
- Latitude
- Latitude 13 3000/3311
- Latitude 3320
- Latitude 3420
- Latitude 3520
- Latitude 5320
- Latitude 5320
- Latitude 5420
- Latitude 5495
- Latitude 5520
- Latitude 5521
- Latitude 7320
- Latitude 7320 Detachable
- Latitude 7420
- Latitude 7520
- Latitude 9420
- Latitude 9520
- Latitude 5421
- OptiPlex
- OptiPlex 3090 Ultra Form Factor
- OptiPlex 5055
- OptiPlex 5055 Ryzen APU
- OptiPlex 5055 Ryzen CPU
- OptiPlex 5090 Tower
- OptiPlex 5490 All in One
- OptiPlex 7090 Tower
- OptiPlex 7090 Ultra Form Factor
- OptiPlex 7490 All in One
- Precision
- Precision 3450
- Precision 3560
- Precision 3561
- Precision 5550
- Precision 5560
- Precision 5750
- Precision 7560
- Precision 7760
- Vostro
- Vostro 3400
- Vostro 3401
- Vostro 3500
- Vostro 3501
- Vostro 3510
- Vostro 3690
- Vostro 3890
- Vostro 5301
- Vostro 5310
- Vostro 5402
- Vostro 5410
- Vostro 5502
- Vostro 5510
- Vostro 5890
- Vostro 7500
- Vostro 7510
- XPS
- XPS 13 9305
- XPS 15 9510
- XPS 17 9710
If you do not see your computer model listed and it was sold after October 31, 2021, you can check the User Manual for more information: Dell Support Manuals
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Alienware m15 R6, Dell G3 15 3500, Dell G5 15 5500, Dell G15 5510, Dell G15 5511, Dell G7 15 7500, Dell G7 17 7700, Inspiron 5301, Inspiron 13 5310, Inspiron 7300, Inspiron 7306 2-in-1, Inspiron 7390 2-in-1, Inspiron 7391, Inspiron 3493
, Inspiron 5402/5409, Inspiron 5406 2-in-1, Inspiron 14 5410/5418, Inspiron 7400, Inspiron 3501, Inspiron 15 3511, Inspiron 5502/5509, Inspiron 7500, Inspiron 7501, Inspiron 7506 2-in-1, Inspiron 15 7510, Inspiron 7590, Inspiron 7591, Inspiron 16 7610, Inspiron 7706 2-in-1, Inspiron 3891, Latitude 3320, Latitude 5320, Latitude 7320, Latitude 7320 Detachable, Latitude 3420, Latitude 5421, Latitude 5495, Latitude 7420, Latitude 9420, Latitude 3520, Latitude 5520, Latitude 5521, Latitude 7520, Latitude 9520, Latitude 5420, OptiPlex 3090 Ultra, OptiPlex 5055 A Series Small Form Factor, OptiPlex 5055 Ryzen APU Tower, OptiPlex 5055 Ryzen CPU Tower, OptiPlex 5090 Tower, OptiPlex 5090 Micro, OptiPlex 5090 Small Form Factor, OptiPlex 5490 All-In-One, OptiPlex 7090 Tower, OptiPlex 7090 Micro, OptiPlex 7090 Small Form Factor, OptiPlex 7090 Ultra, OptiPlex 7490 All-In-One, Precision 3450 XE Small Form Factor, Precision 3560, Precision 3561, Precision 5550, Precision 5560, Precision 7560, Precision 5750, Precision 7760, Precision 3450 Small Form Factor, Vostro 5301, Vostro 13 5310, Vostro 3400, Vostro 3401, Vostro 5402, Vostro 14 5410, Vostro 3500, Vostro 3501, Vostro 15 3510, Vostro 5502, Vostro 15 5510, Vostro 7500, Vostro 15 7510, Vostro 3690, Vostro 3890, Vostro 5890, XPS 13 9305, XPS 13 9310 2-in-1, XPS 13 9310, XPS 15 9500, XPS 15 9510, XPS 17 9700, XPS 17 9710
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Last Published Date
23 Apr 2024
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How To