Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Notice on Deleting Data from Your Hard Disk Drive or Solid State Drive; Understanding and Using Firewalls

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Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Ascomputersspreadintoeverycorneroflife,theyprocessmoreandmoreinformation.Thedataonyour
computer,someofwhichissensitive,isstoredonastoragedevice,eitheraharddiskdriveorthesolidstate
drive.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,ensuretodeletedatastoredonit.
Handingyourcomputerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperating
systemsandapplicationsoftware,mayevenviolateLicenseAgreements.Youareadvisedtocheckthe
termsandconditionsofthoseAgreements.
Therearemethodsthatseemtodeletethedata:
•Movethedatatotherecyclebin,andthenchoosetheEmptyrecyclebincommand.
•UsetheDeletecommand.
•Formatyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.
•Usingtherecoveryprogram,providedbyLenovo,bringtheharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedriveback
tofactory-shipstate.
Theseoperations,however,onlychangetheleallocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The
dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof
specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmayreadandmisusethecritical
dataonharddiskdrivesorsolidstatedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.
Topreventleakageofdata,itbecomesveryimportantthatyoutakeresponsibilityfordeletingallthedata
fromtheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrivewhenyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Youcan
destroythedataphysicallybysmashingtheharddiskdrivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansof
strongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedataunreadable.Butwerecommendthatyoumakeuseofthe
software(payware)orservice(payservice)specicallydevelopedforthepurpose.
Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdrive,LenovoprovidestheSecureDataDisposal™tool.Todownload
theapplication,gototheLenovoWebsitehttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Note:Runningtheapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.
IfanEncryptionsolidstatedriveoraDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveissupportedandinstalledinyour
computer,youcanlogicallydisposeofallthedataonthedriveinaveryshorttimebyerasingthe
cryptographickey.Thedataencryptedwiththeoldkeyisnotphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedrive;
however,itcannotbedecryptedwithouttheoldkey.ThisfeatureisenabledbyThinkPadSetupMenu
ExtensionUtilityandisavailableasamenuiteminThinkPadSetup.
Understandingandusingrewalls
Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwitharewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccess,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
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