Exit Administrator Mode; Enter User Mode; Exit User Mode - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

To enter administrator mode, do the following:
1. Connect the secure hard drive to your computer. When the indicator turns red, it indicates that the
secure hard drive goes into standby mode. For more information about how to connect the secure hard
drive, refer to "Install the secure hard drive" on page 3.
2. Hold +0 for five seconds until the indicator blinks in red. It indicates that you can input the
administrator password.
3. Input the administrator password you set up and press
indicator turns blue, it indicates that the secure hard drive goes into administrator mode.
Notes: If the indicator blinks in red for a few seconds after you input the administrator password, it
indicates that the secure hard drive has returned to standby mode. You need to go back to step 2 to
enter administrator mode again. This problem is caused by one of the following reasons:
• An incorrect administrator password is input in step 3.
• No activity is detected within 30 seconds in administrator mode.

Exit administrator mode

To exit administrator mode, hold
mode.

Enter user mode

In user mode, you can access the secure hard drive and change the current user password. The secure hard
drive is unlocked in this mode; therefore, you can use it to transfer data.
To enter user mode, do the following:
1. Connect the secure hard drive to your computer. When the indicator turns red, it indicates that the
secure hard drive goes into standby mode. For more information about how to connect the secure hard
drive, refer to "Install the secure hard drive" on page 3.
2. Input the user password or the administrator password, and then press
green, it indicates that the secure hard drive goes into user mode. If the indicator blinks in red, it
indicates that an incorrect password is input. You can choose either to input again or to reset your
secure hard drive. For more instructions about resetting your secure hard drive, see "Completely reset
the secure hard drive" on page 12.
Note: If you incorrectly input the user password or the administrator password more than three times, the
secure hard drive is under brute-force attack protection. For more information, see "Set up brute-force
attack protection" on page 17.

Exit user mode

Attention: Ensure that you save all documents on the secure hard drive before exiting user mode.
To exit user mode, do one of the following:
• Hold until the indicator turns red.
• Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area on your computer screen. A message will
be displayed, prompting you that you can safely disconnect the secure hard drive from your computer.
Then, depending on your operating system, the indicator stays in green or turns red. You can choose
whether to disconnect the secure hard drive or not.
Note: It is not recommended to exit user mode when the secure hard drive is transferring data.
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until the indicator turns red. The secure hard drive goes into standby
to enter administrator mode. When the
. When the indicator turns