you can lose data from the hard disk for a variety of reasons. security violations,viruses,or hard disk drive failures can all contribute to data loss. to help protect against the loss of valuable information,ibm has incorporated the following data-saving features in your computer.

    ibm security solutions

    ibm security solutions help keep electronic business transactions safe. they include the following:

    1 data protection

    2 locked keyboard

    smart hard disk drive

    your computer comes with a smart hard disk drive that is enabled to report potential hard disk failures. if an error is detected, a dmi-compliant warning message is sent to the computer screen and, if the computer is part of a network, to an administrator console. when an error is detected, the data on the hard disk can be backed up and the drive replaced.

    smart reaction

    to help back up important data,ibm provides smart reaction software on the computers with preinstalled software and also on the ibm software selections cd.smart reaction is a client/server software application that helps users and administrators respond effectively to a warning issued by the smart hard disk drive.

    virus protection

    norton antivirus for ibm is installed on the hard disk of computers that have preinstalled software.norton antivirus is available on the ibm software selections cd.