ThinkPad X131e - Supervisor Password; How to Remove the Power-On Password; How to Remove the Hard-Disk Password

Supervisorpassword
AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuser
mustenterthesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupprogramandchangethe
systemconguration.
Attention:Ifthesupervisorpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservice
technician,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedfor
ascheduledfee.
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword
Toremovethepower-onpasswordthatyouhaveforgotten,dooneofthefollowing:
(A)Ifnosupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,dothefollowingtoremovethepower-onpassword:
1.T urnoffthecomputeranddisconnecttheacpoweradapter.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“1010Batterypack”onpage56.
3.Removethebackupbattery.See“1130Systemboardassembly,thermalfanassembly,andbackup
battery”onpage72.
4.Connecttheacpoweradapter.TurnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOST
ends,thepasswordpromptdoesnotappear.ThePOPhasbeenremoved.
5.Reinstallthebackupbatteryandthebatterypack.
(B)Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove
thepower-onpassword:
1.T urnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,,immediatelypressF1.
3.T ypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
4.SelectSecurity.
5.SelectPassword.
6.SelectPower-OnPassword.
7.T ypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordeldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.
9.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword
Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannot
bemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechnicians
provideanyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.The
harddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Toremoveauserharddiskpasswordthathasbeenforgotten,whenthesupervisorpasswordandthemaster
harddiskpasswordareknown,dothefollowing:
1.T urnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
3.SelectSecurity.
4.SelectPassword.
5.SelectHard-diskxpasswordwherexistheletteroftheharddiskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.
6.SelectMasterHDP,whereHDPstandsforharddiskpassword.
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