Security functions
Activating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup U tility and go to the Security menu.
Operatings ystem
► Select the PasswordonBootoption and press the Enter key.
► Select the desired option (Disabled, First Boot or Every Boot) and press t he Enter key
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook will reboot. You will be pro m pted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup U tility and go to the Security menu.
Operatings ystem
► Select the PasswordonBootoption and press the Enter key.
► Select the Disabled option and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Util ity.
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected.
Password protection for t he hard disk
Passwordpr otec
tion:
The had disk password prevents unauthorised access to the hard disk drives
and is checked internally each time the system is booted. The condition for this
is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password.
Activating hard disk protection
► 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 desired (see "
Secu rity functions ", Page 54).
► Mark the Hard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 area mark the Set M aster Password field and press the Enter key.
Enter new Password then appears and you are asked to enter a password.
► Enter the password and p ress the Enter key.
Confirm new Password requires you to confirm t he password.
► Enter the password again and press the Enter key.
Setup Notice: Changes have been saved is displayed to confirm that the
new password has been saved.
► To assign th e password for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area and
select the field Set Master Password, then procee d in exactly the same way as for
setting up the password for the first hard disk (Drive0).
The field Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BIOS
Setup once you ha ve finished changing th e settings.
► Fr om the Exit menu, cho ose the optio n Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots and your hard disk is now protected with a password. The s ystem
will ask you to enter the password when the notebook is restarted again.
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