Lenovo ThinkPad T430 - Hard Disk Security and Drive Encryption

10.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.
Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms
areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage52
and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
52.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage57.
Note:TheWindows7andWindows8operatingsystemssupporttheTPMmanagementfeature.
3.IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,besure
toprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryption
software,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
®
DriveEncryption,whichissupportedintheUltimate
andEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystem,andtheProfessionalandEnterpriseeditions
oftheWindows8operatingsystem.Referto“UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage56
.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage61.
Notes:ThefollowingdrivescanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS:
•Theharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer.
•TheharddiskdriveinstalledinaSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
Note:Youcaninstalla9.5-mm-thickSerialUltrabaySlimdeviceora12.7-mm-thickSerialUltrabay
EnhanceddeviceinaSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureoftheWindows7andWindows8
operatingsystems.ItissupportedintheUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7andProfessional
andEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystem
anddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingall
userandsystemles,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive
Encryption.
FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemoftheWindows
operatingsystem,,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”on
theMicrosoftWebsite.
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