Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords - NEC 2000 Series User Manual

Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords

To establish password protection for the system's hard drive, you must
establish a master password, establish a user password, and enable the
established passwords for the internal hard drive. Use the following
procedure to establish HDD passwords and to enable HDD password
protection.
hard drive, you can never remove the passwords. You can change the
passwords. If you forget the master password and install the drive in
another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has no
capability of removing them.
If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system with hard disk
drive security enabled, you must enter the password to allow access to the
hard drive. If this PowerMate system does not support hard disk drive
security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Boot your system. Press
1.
Main Menu screen appears.
Using the arrow keys, select the Security Menu.
2.
3. Use the down arrow key to highlight
press
4. Enter a master HDD password and press
you to reenter the password to verify.
5. Reenter the master HDD password and press
confirms the creation of the master password and prompts you to
enter a user password.
Enter a user password and press
6.
reenter the password to verify.
Reenter the user password and press
7.
Highlight and select
8.
+ (plus) and – (minus) keys to enable the selection. (This enables
password protection for the internal HDD.)
If you set the master and user password on a
. The system prompts you to enter a master password.
Enter
Primary Master HDD Password
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup. The
F2
Assign HDD Password
Enter
. The system prompts you to
Enter
Enter
Configuring the System 3-25
. The system prompts
Enter . The system
.
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