Hard Disk Passwords - Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E425 1198 User Manual

the password, follow steps 1 through 7. Type your current password. When the Enter New Password
field opens, leave it blank and press Enter twice.

Hard disk passwords

Two types of hard disk passwords help protect the information stored on the hard disk drive:
• User hard disk password
• Master hard disk password, which requires a user hard disk password
If a user hard disk password has been set, but no master hard disk password has been, the user must enter
the user hard disk password in order to gain access to files and applications on the hard disk.
The master password can be set and used only by a system administrator. Like a master key, it enables the
administrator to get access to any hard disk drive in a system. The administrator sets the master password;
no one else knows it. Then the administrator sets a user password for each computer in the network, and
tells each user the password for his or her computer. The user can then change the user password as
desired, but the administrator can still get access by using the master password.
Setting a hard disk password
1. Print these instructions.
2. Save all open files, and exit all applications.
3. Turn your computer off and then on again.
4. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1. The ThinkPad Setup program main menu opens.
5. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to move down the menu.
6. Select Password.
7. Select Hard Disk 1 Password.
8. A password window opens. You are prompted to select User or User + Master. Select User if you want
to set only one hard disk password. If you are an administrator or supervisor, you can select User +
Master to set two passwords. (The user can change the user password later.)
9. If you select User + Master, go to step 12.
10. If you select User only, a window for typing the new password opens. Type your new password in the
Enter New Password field.
Note: You can set the minimum length of a hard disk password. For details, refer to "Security menu"
on page 97.
11. Press Enter once to move to the next line. Retype the password you just entered to verify it. Go to
step 18 to complete the procedure.
12. If you select User+ Master, a message window opens and prompts you to set up a user hard disk
password first. Click Continue.
13. A window for typing the new user hard disk password opens. Type your new password in the Enter
New Password field.
14. Press Enter once to move to the next line. Retype the password you just entered to verify it.
15. A message window opens and prompts you to set the master hard disk password. Click Continue.
16. A window for typing the new master hard disk password opens. Type your new password in the Enter
New Password field.
17. Press Enter once to move to the next line. Retype the password you just entered to verify it.
18. Commit any password to memory.
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Chapter 4 Security