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How to access HP Zbook laptop BIOS
1. Turn off the computer
2. Power on the laptop
3. Repeatly press the ESC key until the Startup Menu opens
4. Press F10 to enter BIOS Setup Utility
How to Erase HP Zbook laptop hard disk
1. Reboot the laptop
2. Press F10 to enter BIOS Setup Utility
3. Navigate to Security
4. Select Hard Drive Utility
5. Select Secure Erase
6. Selec the disk and erase it
How to Erase DELL Latitude 5410 hard disk
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-au/000146892/dell-data-wipe
Article Number: 000178269
Dell Data Wipe is a feature in Dell Enterprise Client BIOS that gives our customers the ability to invoke a data wipe of the internal storage devices in their system. This allows efficient erasure for repurpose or redeployment using industry-standard data wipe capabilities already supported by Dell storage devices.
Note: Dell Data Wipe is supported on most of the Dell products such as Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision, XPS, Vostro, and Inspiron. To know if your computer is supported, go to the BIOS setup and select Security, then see if the Data Wipe in Next Boot option is available.
1. Reboot the laptop
2. Press F2 to enter BIOS Setup
3. Navigate to Maintenane
Note: Some model is to select "Security"
4. Select Data Wipe -> wipe on next boot
Note: "Data Wipe" option to invoke data wipe for all internal drives after the reboot
5. The BIOS aks for user confirmation twice,
before allowing the user to exit setup with the "Wipe on Next Boot" option selected
6. On reboot, user will be prompt to confirm the disk wipe
7. A successful erase procedure is reported and the "Data Wipe Completed Successfully." message
How to boot from Linux USB after data wipe DELL Latitude 5410 laptop
Linux does not natively support SATA Operation in RAID On mode as of May 2022.
Need to disable RAID on DELL laptop before able to successfully boot from bootable Linux USB.
# To apply the recommended BIOS settings to your Dell computer with a Linux operating system, do the following:
1. Power off the system.
2. Power the system on and quickly press the "F2" button until you see the BIOS setting menu.
3. Under the General Section > Boot Sequence,
make sure that the dot is selected for UEFI.
4. Under the System Configuration Section > SATA Operation,
make sure that the dot is selected for AHCI.
5. Under the Secure Boot Section > Secure Boot Enable,
make sure that the dot is selected for Disabled.
6. Click the Apply button on the bottom-right,
and then the Exit button.
How to reset iDRAC user credential or password
1. Reboot the server
2. Press F2 to enter System Setup
3. Select iDRAC Settings
4. Navigate to User Configuration
5. Enable the user
6. Set user name, such as "admin" or "support"
7. LAN User Privilege: Administrator
8. Change Password
9. Save and exit
How to reset iDRAC user credential
1. Reboot
2. Press F2 to enter System Setup
3. Select iDRAC Settings
4. Under user Settings, select Reset iDRAC User
5. Enter the uesr name, and set new password
How to create virtual disk in DELL PowerEdge
1. Reboot DELL PowerEdge server
2. Press F2 to enter System Setup
3. On System Setup menu, select Device Settings
System Setup Main Menu
. System BIOS
. iDRAC Settings
. Device Settings <----- Select Device Settings
4. Click the appropriate RAID controller device
i.e. DELL Controller in slot x: DELL PERC <PERC H745 Adapter> Configuration Utility
5. On Integrated RAID Controller 1: Dell <PERC H745 Adapter> Configuration Utility
Dashboard View
. Main Menu
. Help
PROPERTIES
.Status
. Backplane
. BBU
. Enclosure
. Physical Disks
. Disk Groups
. Virtual Disks <----- Select Virtual Disks
6. If select Main Menu, there are configuration options
. Configuration Management <------- Select Configuration Management
. Controller Management
. Virtual Disk Management
. Physical Disk Management
. Hardware Components
7. On Main Menu - Configuration Management
. Auto configure RAID 0
. Create Virtual Disk
. Create Porfile Based Virtual Disk
. View Disk Group Properties
. Convert to Non-RAID Disk
. Clear Configuration
The following list of options are now displayed to define teh Virtual Disk parameters:
. Select RAID level - allows you to choose the RAID level of your choice.
. Secure Virtual Disk - If you want to create a secured virtual disk, select Secure Virtual Disk.
Note: The Secure Virtual Disk option is enabled and selected by default,
only if the security key has been configured. Only SED physical disks are listed.
. Select Physical Disks From - allows you to select one of the physical disk capacities:
. Unconfigured Capacity: Creates a virtual disk on unconfigured physical disks
, Free Capacity: Utilizes unused physical disk capacity that is already part of a virtual disk
. Select Physical Disks - If you want to select the physical disks from which the virtual disks are being created,
click Select Physical Disks.
This option is displayed if you select Unconfigured Capacity as your physical disk capacity.
. Select Disk Groups - If you want to select the disk groups from which the virtual disks are being created,
click Select Disk Group. This option is displayed if you select Free Capacity as your physical disk capacity.
. Configure Virtual Disk Parameters - allows you to set the virtual disk parameters when creating the virtual disk.
8. Click Select Physical Disks
9. Choose the appropriate drives and click Apply changes
Main Menu - Configuration Management - Select Physical Disks
Apply Changes
-------------
Select Media Type . SSD . HDD . Both
Select Interface Type . SAS . SATA . Both
Logical Sector Size . 512B . 4 KB . Both
CHOOSE UNCONFIGURED PHYSICAL DISKS:
. Physical Disk 00:01:04: HDD,SAS,3.638TB,Ready,(512B)
Check All
Uncheck All
Apply Changes <---------- Click Apply Changes
10. When the action was performed successfully, click OK
Main Menu - Configuration Management - Success
The operation has been performed successfully.
OK <------ Click OK
11. Name the new Virtual Disk and choose teh appropriate settings
12. Click Create Virtual Disk
Main Menu - Configuration Management - Create Virtual Disk
Select Physical Disks
CONFIGURE VIRTUAL DISK PARAMETERS:
. Virtual Disk Name
. Virtual Disk Size
. Virtual disk Size Unit: MB GB TB
. Strip Element Size: 64KB
. Read Policy: . No Read Ahead . Read Ahead
# Select No Read Ahead
. Write Policy: . Write Back . Write Through . Force Write Back
# Select Write Through
. Disk Cache . Default . Enable . Disable
# Select Disable
Default Initialization . No . Fast . Full
# Select No
Create Virtual Disk <------ Click Create Virtual Disk
13. Click Confirm and Click Yes
Main Menu - Configuration Management - Warning
Are you sure you want to continue with this operation?
x Confirm <---- Select Confirm
Yes <-------- Select Yes
No
14. The Virtual Disk is created successfully. Click Ok.