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Why does Designating the Hard Disk as the only bootable device increase system security?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Because alternative media won't boot with alternative operating systems.
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Because alternative media won't boot with alternative operating systems.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoIt is only when an operating system is loaded (booted) that the security protections that the operating system provides are in operation.
If someone comes along with a CD or USB stick and the PC hardware is configured to allow a boot from these devices, then an alternative (insecure) operating system can be loaded on the PC which will then have access to the contents of the Hard Disk WITHOUT restriction.
Thus limiting the boot process to only accept the hard disk ensures that ONLY the operating system you want can be used on the PC.
PC firmware configuration allows you to specify/enforce this and also allows you to password protect the configuration manager.
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∙ 9y agoBecause alternative media won't boot with alternative operating systems.
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What is a bootable device?
A bootable device is, as the name suggests, any storage device that the computer can "boot" from. In this case the word "boot" refers to the loading of the operating system. So any device you can load an operating system from is a bootable device.In modern computers, the hard disk is generally the primary boot device. However most new computers can also boot from a CD-ROM or DVD drive (usually for the purpose of reinstalling an OS to the hard disk) so it is also a bootable device. Many systems also have the ability to boot from USB thumb drives or external hard disks and back in caveman days, floppy disk drives were also popular boot devices.
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