ThinkPad E560 - Passwords; Power-On Password; Hard Disk Password; Supervisor Password

2.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12
key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.
3.SelecttherecoveryUSBdriveasthebootdevice.
4.Selectapreferredkeyboardlayout.
5.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.
6.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Thenfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletetheprocess.
Passwords
AsmanyasthreepasswordsmightbeneededforaThinkPadnotebookcomputer:thepower-onpassword,
theharddiskpassword,andthesupervisorpassword.
Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitwillbedisplayedonthescreenwheneverthe
computeristurnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.
Note:Ifonlyasupervisorpasswordisset,thepasswordpromptwillnotbedisplayedwhentheoperating
systemisstarted.
Power-onpassword
Apower-onpasswordprotectsthesystemfrombeingturnedonbyanunauthorizedperson.Thepassword
mustbeenteredbeforetheoperatingsystemcanbestarted.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethe
power-onpassword,see“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage45.
Harddiskpassword
Therearetwoharddiskpasswords:
•Userharddiskpassword-fortheuser
•Masterharddiskpassword-forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddisk
eveniftheuserhaschangedtheuserharddiskpassword.
Note:Therearetwomodesfortheharddiskpassword:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+User
moderequirestwoharddiskpasswords;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.The
systemadministratorthenprovidestheuserharddiskpasswordtothesystemuser.
Attention:Iftheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterharddiskpassword
hasbeenset.Ifamasterharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,itcanbeusedtoaccesstheharddiskdrive.If
nomasterharddiskpasswordisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovide
anyservicestoreseteithertheuserharddiskpasswordorthemasterharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdata
fromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Forinstructionsonhowtoremovetheharddiskpassword,see“Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword”
onpage45
.
Supervisorpassword
AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuser
mustenterthesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupprogramandchangethe
systemconfiguration.
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