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Dell Command Software: Checking if the HDD Password is Present with Dell Tools

Summary: The following article will take you through checking for Hard Disk Drive (hard drive) password present using the Dell Command software.

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Symptoms


 

How can I tell if the hard drive has a password using Dell tools?

 

How can you tell if your computer has a hard drive password present?

The guide below will take you through how to do this using the Dell Command Software installed on your Dell computer.


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Cause

Not Applicable.

Resolution

 

A guide to checking hard drive Password using the Dell Command Software

 

Note: You cannot find out about hard drive password presence using Dell Command | Monitor (OMCI), but several other Dell Command tools will help identify this.

How to open a Command Prompt

Press the <Windows + X> keys together to open the power user menu. Select Command Prompt with Admin from the list of options.

Dell Command | PowerShell Provider:

PS C:\temp> (dir dellsmbios:\security\hddinfo | select -ExpandProperty currentvalue).PwdProtected
No

PS C:\temp>

Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) #1:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86_64>cctk --hddinfo
HDD Information in the current system.
--------------------------------------------
Index : 0
HDD Name: Internal- SN: W3N0FRH7
Present: Yes
Pwd-Protected: No
Pending-Restart: No
Admin-only-change: No
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Dell Command | Configure (CCTK) #2:

(Hard drive Password is present)

C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>cctk --hddpwd=
The HDD 0 is password protected. Provide the password.

C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>

(No hard drive Password is present)

C:\dell\DCC\x86_64>cctk --hddpwd=
HDD password cannot be cleared as the HDD is not password protected.

C:\dell\DCC\X86_64>

When checking across your install base, you can include the response from these tools into scripts to check for the presence of a hard drive password.


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Affected Products

Inspiron, Latitude, Vostro, XPS, Fixed Workstations, Dell Command | Configure, Dell Command | Powershell Provider
Article Properties
Article Number: 000123172
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2022
Version:  5
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