Technical data

Security functions
Password protection for the hard disk
Passwordprotect ion:
The had disk password prevents unauthorised access to the hard d isk drives and
is checke d internally each time the system is boo ted. The condition for this is
that you have assigned a t least the supervisor HDD passw ord.
Activating hard disk prot
ection
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu .
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If you have not assigned
BIOS passwords yet, define the supervisor and the user HDD
password now, if desire
d (see "
Securit y functions", Page 46).
► Mark the H ard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 area mark
the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
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Enter new Password then appears and you are asked to enter a passwo rd.
► Ente r the password a
nd press the Enter k ey.
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Confirm new Password requires y ou to confirm the password.
► Enter the pa ssword
again and press the Enter k ey.
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Setup Notice: Changes have been saved is displayed to confirm that the
new password has been saved.
► To assign the pas
sword for the second hard disk (Drive1 ), go to the Drive1 area and
select the fi eld S
et Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as for
setting up the p
assword for the first hard disk (Drive0).
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The fi eld Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You c an exit the BIOS
Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit m
enu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook
reboots and your hard disk is now protected with a password. T he system
will ask you
to enter the passw ord when the notebook is restarted again.
Deactivating hard disk protection
To cancel a password without setting a new one, proceed as follows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu .
► Mark the H ard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
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You will be initially requested to enter the old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the Enter new Password pro m pt.
► Afte r entering the passw ord, press the Enter key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook reboots, and password protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
► To cancel the password for the secon d hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area
and select the field Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as
for cancelling the password for the first hard disk (Drive0).
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