Manual

theWindows7operatingsystemandWindows8.1operatingsystem.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker

DriveEncryption”onpage60.

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,deletedatastoredonit.Formoreinformation,

referto“Noticeondeletingdatafromyoursolid-statedrive”onpage64.

Thesolid-statedrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbytheUEFIBIOS.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,usethedriveencryptionsoftware,suchas

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofWindows7andWindows8.1operating

systems.ItissupportedintheUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7andProfessionaland

EnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8.1operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystemand

datastoredonyourcomputer,evenifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingalluser

andsystemﬁles,includingtheswapandhibernationﬁles.

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly

bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdeﬁnedasaV1.2TPM.

TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickS

ystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive

Encryption.

FormoreinformationaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemofthe

Windowsoperatingsystem,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-Step

Guide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

Encryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourcomputeragainst

securityattacksonmedia,NANDﬂash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Forthe

efﬁcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordfortheinternalstoragedevice.

Settingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconﬁdentialinformation

electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,

acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:

•Protectyourdataandsystem

•Strengthenaccesscontrols

•Securecommunications

Settingthesecuritychip

ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas

follows:

•SecurityChipSelection:SelectDiscreteTPMorIntelPTT.

•SecurityChip:Activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.

•SecurityReportingOptions:Enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.

•ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

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