Note:Runningeitherapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.
Ifyouusesoftwaredesignedforusewiththeharddiskdrivetodeletedatastoredonthesolid-statedrive,it
willeraseonlydatathatisaccessiblebynormaloperation.Itmaynoterasethehiddenareaoftheash
chip.Therefore,sometimesitmaystillbepossibletoreadthedatabyuseofspecialequipmentoraspecial
tool.Topreventleakageofdatafromthesolid-statedrive,itisrecommendedthatyoudeletealldata
ontheashchipsbyuseofanapplicationprovidedbyLenovo.ThisapplicationcalledtheThinkPad
SetupMenuExtensionUtilitymakesitpossibletoeraseallthedataontheashchipsofthesolid-state
drivefromtheThinkPadSetupwithinaminute.Todownloadthisapplication,gototheLenovoWebsite
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
IfEncryptionsolid-statedriveorDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveissupportedandinstalledinyourcomputer,
youcanlogicallydisposeofallthedataonadeviceinaveryshorttimebyerasingthecryptographickey.
Thedataencryptedwiththeoldkeyisnotphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedisk;however,itcannotbe
decryptedwithouttheoldkey.ThisfeatureisenabledbytheThinkPadSetupMenuExtensionUtilityandis
availableasamenuitemintheThinkPadSetup.
Usingrewalls
Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwitharewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccess,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
Formoreinformationabouthowtousetherewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat
comeswiththeprogram.
Protectingdataagainstviruses
Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.
Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After
30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.
Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof
yourantivirussoftware.
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