Security functions
Password protection for the hard disk
Passwordprotect ion:
The hard disk password preven ts unauthorised access to the hard disk drives
and is checked internally each time the system is booted. T he prerequisite 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, if desired,
the user password now (s
ee "
Secur ity functions", Page 48).
► Mark the Hard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 area ma rk
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 k ey.
Confirm new Password requires y ou to confirm the password.
► Enter the pa ssword
again and press the Enter k ey.
Setup Notice: Changes have 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 fi eld 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 Enter 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 area ma rk the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
You will be initially requested to en ter t he old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
► After entering the passw ord, press the Enter key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots, a nd password protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
► To cancel the password for the second 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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