Operation Manual

Security functions
Password protection for the hard disk
Passwordprotect ion:
The had disk password prevents unauthorised access to t he hard disk drives
and is checked internally each time the system is booted. The condition for this
is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password.
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
password now, if desire
d(see"
Securit y functions", Page 55 ).
► Mark the Hard D isk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the D rive0 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 password.
► Enter the password a
nd press the Enter key.
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Confirm new Password requires you to confirm the password.
► Enter the password
again and press the Enter key.
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Setup Notice: Changes have been saved is displayed to confirm that t he
new password has been saved.
► To assign the pas
sword for the s econ d hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area and
select the field S
et Master Password, then procee d in exactly t he same way as for
settingupthep
assword for the first hard disk (Drive0).
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The field Password E ntry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BIOS
Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit m
enu, cho ose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The note book
reboots and you r hard disk is now protected with a passw ord. The system
will ask you
to enter the password wh en the notebook is restarted again.
Deactivating hard disk protection
To cancel a password without setting a new one, p roce ed as fo llows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Mark the Hard D isk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the D rive0 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 requeste d to enter a new password by th e Enter new Password prompt.
► After entering the password, press th e 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 passwo rd protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
► To cancel th e password for the second 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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