Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E220s - Hard Disk Security; Using a Fingerprint Reader

1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpassword.
2.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsinblank.
3.Followstep11andstep12in“Settingasupervisorpassword”onpage62toremoveyoursupervisor
password.
Harddisksecurity
Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedsecuritysolutionforsolidstatedriveorharddiskdrive.Toprotect
passwordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithmsare
integratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebooks.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage58and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
59
.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,
besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdrive
encryptionsoftware.
3.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage65.
Note:TheharddiskdrivecanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.
DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedrive
SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolidstatedrive.Thisfeature
helpstoprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDashordevicecontrollersbyuse
ofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaHarddisk
passwordsfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Usingangerprintreader
Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermayhaveanintegratedngerprintreader.By
enrollingyourngerprintandassociatingitwithawindowspassword,youcanlogontothesystemby
swipingyourngeroverthereader,withouttypingapassword.Thusngerprintauthenticationcanreplace
passwordsandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.
Formoreadvancedsecurity,ClientSecuritySolutioncanbeinstalled.Thesoftwareiscompatiblewitha
varietyofuserauthenticationmechanisms,suchasthoseinvolvingngerprintauthentication.Thisngerprint
readercanworkwiththesoftware.
Note:IfyourcomputerisaWindows7model,ClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonit.
Enrollingyourngerprint
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.TostartLenovoFingerprintsoftware,refertoFingerprintSoftware.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoenrollyourngerprint.Fordetails,refertotheHelpforthe
program.
Swipingyourngeroverthereader
Toswipeyourngeroverthereader,doasfollows:
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