User's Manual

98 Passwords
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DELL CONFI DENTI AL – PRELI MI NARY 1/29/03 – FOR PROOF ONLY
Using a Hard Drive Password
The hard drive password helps protect the data on your hard drive from
unauthorized access. You can also assign a password for an external hard
drive (if one is being used) that can be the same as or different from the
password for the primary hard drive.
After assigning a hard drive password, you must enter it each time you turn
on the computer and each time you resume normal operation from standby
mode.
If the hard drive password is enabled, the following message appears each
time you turn on the computer:
Please type in the hard-disk drive password and press
.
To continue, enter your password (maximum eight characters). Press
to return the computer to its previous state.
If you do not enter a password within 2 minutes, the computer returns to its
previous state.
If you enter the wrong password, the following message appears:
Invalid password
[Press Enter to retry]
If the correct password is not entered in three attempts, the computer tries
to boot from the next device in the Boot Order list in the system setup
program. If there are no other enabled devices in the Boot Order list, the
computer returns to the state it was in when you turned it on.
If the hard drive password, the external hard drive password, and the
primary password are the same, you are prompted only for the primary
password. If the hard drive password is different from the primary password,
you are prompted for both. Two different passwords provide greater security.