Security functions
Password protection for the hard disk
Passwordpr otection:
The had disk password prevents unaut horised access to the hard disk drives
and is checked intern ally each t ime the system is booted. The condition for this
is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password.
Activating hard disk prot
ection
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
If you have not assigned
BIOS passwords yet, define the supervisor and the user
password now, if desire
d (see "
Secu rity functions", Page 50).
► Mark the Hard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 are a mark
the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
Enter new Password then appears and you are asked to enter a password.
► Enter the password a
nd press the Enter key.
Confirm ne w Password requires you to confirm the password.
► Enter the pa ssword
again and press the Enter key.
Setup Notice: Changes h ave been saved is displayed to confirm that the
new password has been saved.
► To assign the pas
sword for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area and
select the field S
et Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as for
setting up the p
assword for the first hard disk ( Drive0 ).
The field Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BI OS
Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit m
enu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Ent er key and select Yes.
The notebook
reboots and your hard disk is now protected with a password. The system
will ask you
to enter the password when the notebook is restarted again.
Deactivating hard disk protection
To cancel a password without setting a new one, proceed as follows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Mark the Hard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 are a mark the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
You will be initially requested to enter the old password by the Enter current Password promp t.
You will then be requested to ent er a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
► After entering the password, press the Enter key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Ent er key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots, and password protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
► To cancel the password for the se cond hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area
and select the field Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as
for cancelling the password for the first hard disk (Drive0).
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