Notice On Deleting Data From Your Internal Storage Drive - Lenovo ThinkPad S5 User Manual

Before you start, print these instructions.
To set an item on the Security Chip submenu, do the following:
1. Turn off your computer. Wait for about five seconds, and then turn on your computer again.
2. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to start the ThinkPad Setup program.
3. Select Security ➙ Security Chip by using the directional keys.
4. Press Enter. The Security Chip submenu opens.
5. Move to an item you want to set by using the directional keys. When the item is highlighted, press Enter.
6. Set other items that you want to set.
7. Press F10. A Setup Confirmation window is displayed. Select Yes to save the configuration changes
and exit.
Notes:
• Ensure that the supervisor password has been set in ThinkPad Setup. Otherwise anyone can change the
settings for the security chip.
• If the security chip is inactive or disabled, the Clear Security Chip option will not be displayed.
• When you clear the security chip, turn off your computer and then turn it on again after you set the
security chip to Active. Otherwise, the Clear Security Chip option is not displayed.

Notice on deleting data from your internal storage drive

Some of the data stored on the internal storage drive might be sensitive. Handing your computer over to
someone else without deleting the loaded software, such as operating systems and application software,
might even violate license agreements. Be sure to delete data stored on the storage drive before you
dispose of, sell, or hand over your computer.
You can use the following methods to delete data from the storage drive:
• Move the data to the Recycle Bin, and then empty the Recycle Bin.
• Delete the data.
• Format your storage drive, using the software for initializing it.
• Use the recovery program provided by Lenovo to bring the storage drive back to the factory default
settings.
These operations, however, only change the file location of the data; they do not delete the data itself. In
other words, the data retrieval processing is disabled under an operating system such as Windows. The
data is still there, even though it seems to be lost. Thus, it is sometimes possible to read the data by use of
special software for data recovery. There is a risk that people of bad faith might read and misuse the critical
data on the storage drive for unexpected purposes.
To prevent leakage of data, it is important that you delete all the data from the storage drive when you
dispose of, sell, or hand over your computer. You can destroy the data physically by smashing the storage
drive with a hammer, or magnetically by means of strong magnetic power, thus making the data unreadable.
But it is recommended that you use the software (payware) or service (pay service) developed for that
purpose. The process might take several hours.
For disposing of data on the solid-state drive, Lenovo provides the Drive Erase Utility for Resetting the
Cryptographic Key and Erasing the Solid State Drive tool. For disposing of data on the hard disk drive, Lenovo
provides the Secure Data Disposal™ tool. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support to download these tools.
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