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Can a user accessing the BIOS with the User password regenerate the encryption key?

April 26, 2017BIOS encryption key password regenerate user

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Can a user accessing the BIOS with the User password regenerate the encryption key?

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Only if a Master password has not been set. If only a User password has been set, this password can be used to access the BIOS and regenerate the FDE key. However, if both a User and Master password have been set, the Master password is required to regenerate the key.