Lenovo THINKPAD L520 - Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

Tochangethepassword,dothefollowing:
1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpassword.
2.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typethenewsupervisorpassword,thenretypeittoverify.
Toremovethepassword,dothefollowing:
1.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpassword.
2.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordeldblank,andthenpressEnter.
3.PressEnteragain.
Harddisksecurity
Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedsecuritysolutionforthesolidstatedriveortheharddiskdrive.To
protectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithmsare
integratedintoBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadNotebooks.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.SetUsingPassphrasetoEnabled.See“UsingPassphrase”onpage68.
2.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage70and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
71.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
3.IfyourcomputersupporttheTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)managementfeature,useitwiththe
securitychiptoprovidereliablesecurityforBIOS.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage75.
Note:MicrosoftWindows7andWindowsVistasupportTPMmanagementfeature
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive”onpage78
.
Settingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:
•Protectyourdataandsystem
•Strengthenaccesscontrols
•Securecommunications
ClientSecuritySolution
TheClientSecuritySolutionprogramhelpsprotectyourcomputerandyourpersonalinformationsothat
youknowthatyoursensitivedataissecure.Itcanalsohelpmanageyourpasswords,helprecovera
forgottenpassword,orhelpyoumonitorsecuritysettingsonyourcomputerandsuggesthowtoenhance
yourcomputersecurity.
Theseconvenientfeaturesaremademoresecurebyabuilt-insecuritychip,apowerfulcomputerchip
dedicatedtothesecurityfunctionsofyourcomputer.
TostarttheClientSecuritySolution,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙ClientSecurity
Solution.
Fordetails,refertotheHelpfortheprogram.
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