If you plan to startup a suspect's computer, you must modify the ___________ to ensure that you do not contaminate or alter data on the suspect's hard drive by booting to the hard drive.
If you plan to startup a suspect's computer, you must modify the ___________ to ensure that you do not contaminate or alter data on the suspect's hard drive by booting to the hard drive.
To ensure that you do not contaminate or alter data on the suspect's hard drive by booting to the hard drive, you need to modify the CMOS. The CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) settings in BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) include the boot sequence, which determines the order of devices the system will attempt to boot from. By modifying the CMOS settings, you can set the computer to boot from an alternative device, such as a USB drive or a CD/DVD, instead of the hard drive, thus avoiding any changes to the suspect's data.
The main purpose of CMOS in computers is to store important system settings and configurations such as the date and time, boot order, hardware settings, and password information.