Completely Resetting The Secure Hard Drive; Initializing And Formatting The Secure Hard Drive After A Complete Reset - Lenovo 57Y4400 User Manual

5. Re-enter the new password and press
that the User Password has been changed successfully.
Note: If the indicator light flashes red three times and then blue intermittently, go back to Step 4. This
is due to one of the following conditions:
v You waited longer than 10 seconds before entering a password.
v The new password was entered incorrectly.

Completely resetting the secure hard drive

If you forget all the User Passwords or Admin Passwords, you can perform a complete reset to remove
all the User Passwords, and restore the Admin Password to the default 12345678.
Attention: Completely resetting the secure hard drive will erase all the data on the drive. You will need
to partition and format the secure hard drive with disk management applications.
To perform a complete reset of the secure hard drive, do the following:
1. Press and hold the
eSATA connector, or eSATA/USB combo connector on your computer. The indicator light will flash
blue and red alternately.
Note: If no activity is detected for 30 seconds in this step, the secure hard drive will go into the
Standby Mode.
2. Press and hold + +2 for 10 seconds until the indicator light turns solid blue, and then green, and
then red. The drive will need to be removed and reattached before continuing.

Initializing and formatting the secure hard drive after a complete reset

A complete reset of the secure hard drive will erase all information and partition settings. You will need
to initialize and format the secure hard drive.
To initialize your secure hard drive, do the following:
1. After a complete reset, attach the secure hard drive to the computer.
2. Enter the default User Password 12345678 and press
3. Wait until the operating system successfully installs all the USB device drivers for the secure hard
drive.
4. From the Windows desktop, do one of the following:
v Right-click My computer or Computer, and then click Manage.
v Click Start, move the cursor to My Computer or Computer and right-click it, and then click
Manage
5. In the Computer Management window, click Disk Management. In the Disk Management window,
the secure hard drive is recognized as an unknown device that is uninitialized and unallocated.
6. Do one of the following to make the drive recognized as a basic drive.
v If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window opens, click Next → Next → Finish.
v If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window does not open, do the following:
a. Right-click Unknown Disk, and then select Initialize Disk.
b. In the Initialize Disk window, click OK.
7. Right-click in the blank area under the Unallocated section, and then select New Partition. The
Welcome to the New Partition Wizard window opens.
8. Click Next.
9. Select Primary partition and click Next.
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. When the indicator light stays solid green, this indicates
button while you attach the secure hard drive to an available USB connector,
to enter the User Mode.