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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Thao N. Tran, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Lowell B. Dennis, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Orbie A. Welch, Hutto, TX (US);
Peter A. Woytovech, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thao N. Tran, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Lowell B. Dennis, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Orbie A. Welch, Hutto, TX (US);
Peter A. Woytovech, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for unlocking storage drives during the transition from a low power state to an operational state in a computer system is disclosed. During initiation of the computer system, a password for each password-protected storage drive is saved to a memory location in the computer system. During the transition from a low power state to an operational power state, the password associated with each password-protected device is retrieved from the memory location on the basis of the unique identifier associated with each storage drive and applied to the storage drive for the purpose of unlocking or making the storage drive accessible.