Changing Hard Drive Passwords - NEC POWERMATE 2000 Service And Reference Manual

1. Boot your system. Press
Menu screen appears.
2. Using the arrow keys, select the Security Menu.
3. Use the down arrow key to highlight
Enter . The system prompts you to enter a master password.
4. Enter a master HDD password and press
reenter the password to verify.
5. Reenter the master HDD password and press
the creation of the master password and prompts you to enter a user
password.
6. Enter a user password and press
the password to verify.
7. Reenter the user password and press
8. Highlight and select
and – (minus) keys to enable the selection. (This enables password
protection for the internal HDD.)

Changing Hard Drive Passwords

Use the following procedure to change hard disk drive passwords.
1. Boot your system. Press
2. At the Main Menu screen, select the Security Menu.
3. Highlight
!
If you enter the current master password, you are prompted to enter a
new master password.
!
If you enter the current user password, you are prompted to enter the
new user password.
!
If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press
instead of entering a new password.
4. Save the changes and exit BIOS setup.
when prompted to enter BIOS setup. The Main
F2
Primary Master HDD Password
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup.
F2
Assign HDD Password
Assign HDD Password
. The system prompts you to
Enter
Enter . The system confirms
. The system prompts you to reenter
Enter
Enter .
and press Enter .
System Configuration 2-21
and press
. Use the + (plus)
Esc