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Running Windows on your Mac
Hard drive password protection
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1473593" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Since Macs do not have a BIOS, you need to obtain a hard drive that is password protected by its firmware. Do some shopping around and you should find several that will work. Keep in mind that when you're running Windows as a guest OS using VM software in OS X that the hard drive is simulated by the VM.</p><p></p><p>In order to use a firmware protected hard drive, you'll need to invoke a dual boot with the Boot Camp assistant and keep the drive attached when Windows is running. A very convoluted way of doing things since Windows can not be installed to an external hard drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1473593, member: 46727"] Since Macs do not have a BIOS, you need to obtain a hard drive that is password protected by its firmware. Do some shopping around and you should find several that will work. Keep in mind that when you're running Windows as a guest OS using VM software in OS X that the hard drive is simulated by the VM. In order to use a firmware protected hard drive, you'll need to invoke a dual boot with the Boot Camp assistant and keep the drive attached when Windows is running. A very convoluted way of doing things since Windows can not be installed to an external hard drive. [/QUOTE]
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