Chapter 4. Optional Functions; Set Up And Use The One-Time-Use Recovery Password; Set Up Read-Only Status And Return To Read And Write Status - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

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Chapter 4. Optional functions

This chapter provides some optional functions of the secure hard drive. You can set up these features for
your need.

Set up and use the one-time-use recovery password

With the one-time-use recovery password (referred to as recovery password), you can create a user
password to access the secure hard drive without formatting the drive when you forget the user password.
The administrator can set up four recovery passwords at most. Once you use the recovery password to
access the secure hard drive, the recovery password will no longer be available. Then you should set up a
new user password to access the secure hard drive. However, you cannot use the recovery password to
unlock the secure hard drive. To set up the recovery password, do the following:
1. Enter administrator mode. See "Enter administrator mode" on page 7 for more information.
2. Press
+8 until the indicator blinks three times in green and then blinks slowly in green.
3. Enter the recovery password and press
three times in green.
4. Confirm the recovery password, and then press
on in green and then it is in blue. The secure hard drive is in administrator mode.
5. You can repeat step 2 to 4 to add more recovery passwords. Press
need.
To use the recovery password, do the following:
1. In standby mode, hold
2. Input the recovery password and press
slowly in green.
3. Set up a new user password and press
times in green.
4. Confirm the user password and press
times in green and the secure hard drive enters standby mode and the indicator is on in red. You can
access the secure hard drive after inputting the user password.

Set up read-only status and return to read and write status

You can set up the secure hard drive into read-only status and return it to read and write status from both
administrator mode and user mode. If you set up the secure hard drive into read-only status from
administrator mode, you can only return it back to read and write status from administrator mode. If you set
up the secure hard drive into read-only status from user mode, you can change it back to read and write
status from both administrator mode and user mode. When the secure hard drive is unlocked in read-only
mode, the indicator is on in green and blinks once in red every three seconds.
To set up the secure hard drive into read-only status from administrator mode, do the following:
1. Enter administrator mode. See "Enter administrator mode" on page 7 for more information.
2. Hold 7+6 for three seconds until the indicator blinks three times in green and then the indicator is on in
blue. Then the secure hard drive enters the read-only mode until you change it into read and write mode.
To return the secure hard drive into read and write status from administrator mode, do the following:
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. If the recovery password is accepted, the indicator blinks
+7 for five seconds and release once the indicator blinks in red.
. The indicator blinks three times in green and then blinks
. If the user password is accepted, the indicator blinks three
. If the user password is accepted, the indicator blinks three
. If the recovery password is accepted, the indicator is
to enter standby mode for your
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