Passwords - IBM ThinkPad A20m Hardware Maintenance Manual

Recovery Repair diskette. Make a Recovery Repair
diskette and save it for future use. To make a Recovery
Repair diskette:
1. Shut down and turn off the computer.
2. Attach the external diskette drive to the computer.
3. At the prompt, press F11. (The option to press F11
appears for only a few seconds. You must press F11
quickly.) The Product Recovery program main menu
appears.
4. If you are using Windows 2000 Professional, you are
prompted to select an operating system. This menu
does not appear for Windows 98 SE.
5. From the main menu, select System Utilities. Press
Enter.
6. Select Create a Recovery Repair diskette. Press Enter.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.
8. When the process is completed, label the diskette as
the Recovery Repair diskette and save it for future use.
To use the recovery repair diskette:
1. Shut down and turn off the computer.
2. Attach the external diskette drive to the computer.
3. Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into the drive; then
turn on the computer.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Note
Should the hard-disk drive need to be replaced, you
must order a Recovery CD with the hard-disk drive
so that you can recover the new hard-disk drive with
the pre-installed software when it arrives. For
information on which CD to order, see "Recovery
CDs" on page 141.

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for any
ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the
hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password
(SVP).
If any of these passwords have been set, a prompt for it
appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned
on. The computer does not start until the password is
entered.
Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password
prompt doesn't appear when the operating
system is booted.
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