Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E320 - Notice on Deleting Data from Your Hard Disk Drive

DiskEncryptionharddiskdrive
SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourcomputeragainst
securityattacksonmedia,NANDashordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Forthe
efcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaHarddiskpasswordsfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive
Ascomputersspreadintoeverycorneroflife,theyprocessmoreandmoreinformation.Thedataonyour
computer,someofwhichissensitive,isstoredonaharddiskdrive(HDD).Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,or
handoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.
Handingyourcomputerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperating
systemsandapplicationsoftware,mayevenviolateLicenseAgreements.Youareadvisedtocheckthe
termsandconditionsofthoseAgreements.
Therearemethodsthatseemtodeletethedata:
•Movethedatatotherecyclebin,andthenchoosetheEmptyrecyclebincommand.
•UsetheDeletecommand.
•Formatyourharddiskdrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.
•Usingtherecoveryprogram,providedbyLenovo,bringtheharddiskdrivebacktofactory-shipstate.
Theseoperations,however,onlychangetheleallocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The
dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof
specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmayreadandmisusethecritical
dataonharddiskdrivesforunexpectedpurposes.
Topreventleakageofdata,itbecomesveryimportantthatyoutakeresponsibilityfordeletingallthedata
fromtheharddiskdrivewhenyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Youcandestroythedata
physicallybysmashingtheharddiskdrivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansofstrongmagnetic
power,thusmakingthedataunreadable.Butwerecommendthatyoumakeuseofthesoftware(payware)or
service(payservice)specicallydevelopedforthepurpose.
Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdrive,LenovoprovidestheSecureDataDisposaltool.Todownload
thetool,gototheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Note:Runningtheapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.
Usingandunderstandingrewalls
Ifyoursystemispreintalledwitharewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccess,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
Formoreinformationabouthowtousetherewallprogram,refertotheon-linehelpthatcomeswith
theprogram.
Protectingdataagainstviruses
Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.
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