Notice On Deleting Data From Your M.2 Solid-State Drive - Lenovo ThinkPad 11e 3rd Gen User Manual

• Strengthen access controls
• Secure communications
Before you start, print these instructions.
To set an item on the Security Chip submenu, do the following:
1. Turn off your computer. Wait for about five seconds, and then turn on your computer again.
2. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to start the ThinkPad Setup program.
3. Select Security ➙ Security Chip by using the directional keys.
4. Press Enter. The Security Chip submenu opens.
5. Move to an item you want to set by using the directional keys. When the item is highlighted, press Enter.
6. Set other items that you want to set.
7. Press F10. A Setup Confirmation window is displayed. Select Yes to save the configuration changes
and exit.
Notes:
• Ensure that the supervisor password has been set in ThinkPad Setup. Otherwise anyone can change the
settings for the security chip.
• If the security chip is inactive or disabled, the Clear Security Chip option will not be displayed.
• When you clear the security chip, turn off your computer and then turn it on again after you set the
security chip to Active. Otherwise, the Clear Security Chip option is not displayed.

Notice on deleting data from your M.2 solid-state drive

Some of the data stored on the M.2 solid-state drive might be sensitive. Handing your computer over to
someone else without deleting the loaded software, such as operating systems and application software,
might even violate license agreements. Be sure to delete data stored on the M.2 solid-state drive before
you dispose of, sell, or hand over your computer.
You can use the following methods to delete data from the M.2 solid-state drive:
• Move the data to the Recycle Bin, and then empty the Recycle Bin.
• Delete the data.
• Format your M.2 solid-state drive, using the software for initializing it.
• Use the recovery program provided by Lenovo to bring the M.2 solid-state drive back to the factory
default settings.
These operations, however, only change the file location of the data; they do not delete the data itself. In
other words, the data retrieval processing is disabled under an operating system such as Windows. The
data is still there, even though it seems to be lost. Thus, it is sometimes possible to read the data by use of
special software for data recovery. There is a risk that people of bad faith might read and misuse the critical
data on the M.2 solid-state drive for unexpected purposes.
To prevent leakage of data, it is important that you delete all the data from the M.2 solid-state drive when
you dispose of, sell, or hand over your computer. You can destroy the data physically by smashing the M.2
solid-state drive with a hammer, or magnetically by means of strong magnetic power, thus making the data
unreadable. But it is recommended that you use the software (payware) or service (pay service) developed
for that purpose. The process might take several hours.
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