Lenovo THINKPAD L520 - Page 90

diskpassword,whichcanbefromonetotwelvealphanumericcharactersinanycombination.For
details,referto“UsingPassphrase”onpage68.
•YoucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordintheBIOSSetupUtilitymenu.Fordetails,
referto“Securitymenu”onpage139.
•Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,theharddiskdrivecanbeusedonlywitha
computerthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyoutheninstallthe
harddiskdriveinacomputerthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthatcontainsmorethan
sevencharacters,youcannotgetaccesstothedrive.
11.PressEnteroncetomovetothenextline.Retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.Goto
step18tocompletetheprocedure.
12.IfyouselectUser+Master,amessagewindowopensandpromptsyoutosetupauserharddisk
passwordrst.ClickContinue.
13.Anewharddiskuserpasswordwindowopens.TypeyournewpasswordintheEnterNewPassword
eld.
14.PressEnteroncetomovetothenextline.Retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.
15.Amessagewindowopensandpromptsyoutosetthemasterharddiskpassword.ClickContinue.
16.Anewmasterhard-diskpasswordwindowopens.TypeyournewpasswordintheEnterNew
Passwordeld.
17.PressEnteroncetomovetothenextline.Retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.
18.CommityourpasswordtomemoryandpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.
Attention:Youmightwanttonoteyourpasswordsandkeeptheminasafeplace.Otherwise,if
youforgettheuser-onlypassword,orbothuserandmasterpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyour
passwordsorrecoverdatafromtheharddisk.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoresellerora
marketingrepresentativetohavetheharddiskdrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafee
willbechargedforpartsandservice.
19.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Thenexttimeyouturnonyourcomputer,youwillhavetotypetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordin
ordertostartyourcomputerandgetaccesstoyouroperatingsystem.
Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword
IfthePassphrasefunctionisenabledonyourcomputer,andyousettheharddiskpassword,andthen
removetheharddiskdrivefromyourcomputerandinstallitonacomputerthathasthePassphrasefunction
disabled,youwillnotbeabletochangetheharddiskpasswordonthatcomputer.Ifyouneedtochange
theharddiskpassword,removetheharddiskdrive,removethepower-onandsupervisorpasswords
iftheyhavebeensetonthatcomputer,disablethePassphrasefunction,andthenreinstalltheharddisk
drive.Referto“UsingPassphrase”onpage68
.
IfthePassphrasefunctionisdisabledonyourcomputer,andyousettheharddiskpassword,andthen
removetheharddiskdrivefromyourcomputerandinstallitonacomputerthathasthePassphrasefunction
enabled,youwillnotbeabletochangetheharddiskpasswordonthatcomputer.Ifyouneedtochange
theharddiskpassword,removetheharddiskdrive,removethepower-onandsupervisorpasswords
iftheyhavebeensetonthatcomputer,disablethePassphrasefunction,andthenreinstalltheharddisk
drive.Referto“UsingPassphrase”onpage68
.
Followsteps1through7inSettingaharddiskpasswordabove,typingyourpasswordtogetaccesstothe
BIOSSetupUtilityprogram.
TochangeorremovetheUseronlyharddiskpassword,doasfollows:
72UserGuide