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Fujitsu Lifebook LH531 - Password protection for the hard disk

Fujitsu Lifebook LH531
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Security functions
Activating hard disk protection
Call up th e BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
If you have not assigned BIOS passwords yet, dene the supervisor and the user
password now, if desired (see "
Secu rity functions " , Page 38).
Mark the Hard Disk Security eld and p ress the Enter key.
In t he Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password eld an d press the Enter key.
Enter new P assword then appears and you are asked to enter a password.
Enter the password an d press the Enter key.
Conrm new P assword requires you to conrm the password.
Enter the password again and press the Enter key.
Setup Notice: Changes have been saved is displayed to conrm that the
new password has been saved.
To assign the password for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area a nd
select the eld Set Master Password, then procee d in e xactly t he same way as for
setting up the password for the rst hard disk (Drive0).
The eld Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BIOS
Setup once you have nished changing the s ettings.
Fr om the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
Press th e Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots and you r hard disk is now protected with a passw ord. 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 th e BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
Mark the Hard Disk Security eld and p ress the Enter key.
In t he Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password eld an d press the Enter key.
You will be initially requested to enter the old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requeste d to enter a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
After entering the password , press the Enter key three times.
Fr om the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
Press th e Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots, and passwo rd protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
To cancel the p assword for the s econd hard disk (Drive1), go to t he Drive1 area
and select the eld Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as
for cancelling the pa ssword for the rst hard disk (Drive0).
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