Chapter 5. Passwords; Power-On Password; Hard Disk Password; Administrator Password - Lenovo E41-80 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for E41-80:

Table of Contents

Chapter 5. Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for any Lenovo computer: the power-on password (POP), the

hard disk password (HDP), and the administrator password.

If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for it appears on the screen whenever the computer is

turned on. The computer does not start until the password is entered.

A power-on password protects the system from being powered on by an unauthorized person. The

password must be entered before an operating system can be started.

There are two kinds of hard disk passwords:

• User hard disk password - for the user

• Master hard disk password - for the system administrator, who can use it to get access to the hard disk

even if the user has changed the user hard disk password

Note: There are two modes for the hard disk password: User only and Master + User. The Master + User

mode requires two hard disk passwords; the system administrator enters both in the same operation. The

system administrator then provides the user hard disk password to the system user.

Attention: If the user hard disk password has been forgotten, check whether a master hard disk password

has been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the hard disk drive. If no master hard disk password is

available, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any services to reset either

the user or the master hard disk password, or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive

can be replaced for a scheduled fee.

Administrator password controls the access of the whole setup utility. Only Administrator password was set

then User password can be set. If Administrator password was cleared, the User password was cleared too.

Attention: If the administrator password has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the service

technician, there is no service procedure to reset the password. The system board must be replaced for

a scheduled fee.

Table of Contents