Passwords - IBM ThinkPad X21 2660 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the
Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]„.
To install Service Partition, go to step 4 of "To
create Service Partition [SP]„ procedure.
To preload hard-disk drive without installing
Service Partition, press "N„.
3. If a menu appears asking which operating system to
install, highlight proper operating system and press
"ENTER„.
4. A menu will appear stating "Full Recovery:„.Press
"ENTER„ to select.
5. Enter "Y„ at the three windows which follow.
6. Follow prompts to complete the Recovery Process.

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be set for any ThinkPad
computer: the power-on password (POP), the hard disk
password (HDP), and the supervisor password (SVP).
When the power-on password, the hard disk password, or
the supervisor password is used, a password prompt
appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned
on. The computer does not start until the password is
entered.
Power-on password: A power-on password (POP) pro-
tects the system from being powered on by an unauthor-
ized person. The password must be entered before an
operating system can be booted.
Hard disk password: There are two hard-disk passwords
(HDPs):
User HDP - for the user
Master HDP - for the system administrator, who can
use it to get access to the hard disk even if the user
has changed the user HDP
Note: There are two modes for the HDP: User only and
Master + User. The Master + User mode requires
two HDPs and is designed for the system adminis-
trator to input both in the same operation. The
system administrator then provides the user HDP
to the system user.
Attention:
If the user HDP is forgotten, check to see if a master HDP
was set. If a master HDP was set and can be recalled, this
will allow access to the hard-disk drive. If no master HDP
is available, IBM does not provide any services to reset
either the user or the master HDPs nor recover data from
the hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive can be replaced
for a scheduled fee.
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