Hard Disk Drive Problems - Lenovo ThinkPad R61 Service And Troubleshooting Manual

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Your computer shuts down before the battery status indicator
shows empty,
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Your computer operates after the battery status indicator shows
empty.
Discharge and recharge the battery.
The operating time for a fully charged battery is short.
For details, see "Problem solving" in Access Help.
The computer does not operate with a fully charged battery.
The surge protector in the battery might be active. Turn off the
computer for one minute to reset the protector; then turn on the
computer again.
The battery does not charge.
For details, see "Problem solving" in Access Help.
The hard disk drive does not work.
In the startup menu in BIOS Setup Utility, make sure that the hard
disk drive is included in the "Boot priority order" list. If it is
included in the "Excluded from boot order" list, the hard disk drive
is disabled. Select the entry for it in the list and press the x key. This
moves the entry to the "Boot priority order" list.
After setting a hard disk password on the hard disk drive of my
computer, I moved the drive to another computer. Now I cannot
unlock the hard disk password.
Your computer supports an enhanced password algorithm.
Computers older than yours may not support such a security
function. If you have set a hard disk password with Using
Passphrase enabled in the BIOS Setup Utility, and want to use the
hard disk drive in an older computer, first remove the password,
and then move the hard disk to the older computer.
I cannot hot-swap the hard disk drive in the Ultrabay.
You can hot-swap a hard disk drive in the Ultrabay only if no hard
disk password has been set. Make sure that the password for the
hard disk drive in the Ultrabay is disabled.
Solving computer problems
Chapter 3. Solving computer problems
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