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•Formatyoursolid-statedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.
•UsetherecoveryprogramprovidedbyLenovotobringthesolid-statedrivebacktothefactorydefault
settings.
Theseoperations,however,onlychangethefilelocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindowsoperating
system.Thedataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthe
databyuseofspecialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadand
misusethecriticaldataonthesolid-statedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.
Topreventleakageofdata,itisimportantthatyoudeleteallthedatafromthesolid-statedrivewhen
youdisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Youcandestroythedataphysicallybysmashingthe
solid-statedrivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansofstrongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedata
unreadable.Butitisrecommendedthatyouusethesoftware(payware)orservice(payservice)developed
forthatpurpose.Theprocessmighttakeseveralhours.
Fordisposingofdataonthesolid-statedrive,LenovoprovidestheDriveEraseUtilityforResettingthe
CryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolidStateDrivetool.
IfanEncryptionsolid-statedriveissupportedandinstalledinyourcomputer,youcanlogicallydisposeofall
thedataonthedriveinashorttimebyerasingthecryptographickey.Thedataencryptedwiththeoldkeyis
notphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedrive;however,itcannotbedecryptedwithouttheoldkey.This
featurealsoisavailablewiththeDriveEraseUtilityforResettingtheCryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolid
StateDrivetool.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttodownloadthetool.
Usingfirewalls
Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwithafirewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccesses,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
Formoreinformationabouthowtousethefirewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat
comeswiththeprogram.
Protectingdataagainstviruses
Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.
Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After
30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.
Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof
yourantivirussoftware.
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