ThinkPad T430 - Hard Disk Security

9.CommityourpasswordtomemoryandpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.
Attention:Youmightwanttonotedownyourpasswordandkeepitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyour
supervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.
10.PressF10toexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.
Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms
areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.
Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:
1.Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolidstatedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage50and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
50
.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
2.ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted
PlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage55.
Note:TheWindows7operatingsystemssupporttheTPMmanagementfeature.
3.IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolidstatedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,
besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdrive
encryptionsoftware,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker
®
DriveEncryption,whichissupportedin
theUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystem.Referto“UsingWindows
BitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage54.
4.Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,makesuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage60.
Notes:ThefollowingdrivescanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS:
•Theharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer.
•TheharddiskdriveinstalledinaSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
Note:Youcaninstalla9.5-mm-thickSerialUltrabaySlimdeviceora12.7-mm-thickSerialUltrabay
EnhanceddeviceinaSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such
asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7.Itissupportedinthe
UltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperating
systemanddatastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksby
encryptingalluserandsystemles,includingtheswapandhibernationles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙SystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDriveEncryption.
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