How To Remove The Hard-Disk Password - Lenovo ThinkPad Z60t 2513 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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7. Type the current SVP in the Enter Current Password
field. then leave the Enter New Password field blank,
and press Enter twice.
8. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter.
9. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window,
select Yes .

How to remove the hard-disk password

Attention:
HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to
the servicer, Lenovo does not provide any services to reset
the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard disk drive.
The hard disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the
SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the "To interrupt
normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button"
message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen,
press the ThinkVantage button. The Rescue and
Recovery screen opens.
For models supporting the Passphrase function, press
F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then
enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the
master HDP.
Note: To check whether the ThinkPad computer
2. Click Access BIOS. The system Restart Required
window is displayed.
3. Click Yes. The computer restarts, and the BIOS Setup
Utility screen opens.
4. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to
move down the menu.
5. Select Password.
6. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of
the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
7. Select Master HDP.
8. Type the current master HDP in the Enter Current
Password field. then leave the Enter New Password
field blank, and press Enter twice.
9. Press F10.
10. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.
Both user HDP and master HDP will have been
removed.
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MT 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514
If User only mode is selected and the user
supports the Passphrase function, enter BIOS
Setup Utility and go to Security --> Password.
If Using Passphrase item is displayed in the
menu, this function is available on the
ThinkPad computer.