ThinkPad Edge E440 - Special Keys

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”
onpage38
.
Supervisorpassword
AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuser
mustenterthesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupprogramandchangethe
systemconguration.
Attention:Ifthesupervisorpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservice
technician,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedfor
ascheduledfee.
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword
Toremovethepower-onpassword,dooneofthefollowing:
Ifnosupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,dothefollowingtoremovethepower-onpassword:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1020Battery
pack”onpage65.
3.Removethecoin-cellbattery.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethecoin-cellbattery,see“1100
Coin-cellbattery”onpage74.
4.Turnonthecomputerandwaituntilthepower-onself-test(POST)ends.AfterthePOSTends,the
passwordpromptwillnotbedisplayed.Thepower-onpasswordhasbeenremoved.
5.Reinstallthecoin-cellbatteryandthebatterypack.
Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove
thepower-onpassword:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1.
3.TypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
4.SelectSecurity.
5.SelectPassword.
6.SelectPower-OnPassword.
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