Password protection for booting of the operating system
With the supervisor password you have set in the BIOS Setup Utility, you can also
prevent starting of the operating system.
Activating system protection
Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
Select the desired option (Disabled, First Boot or Every Boot) and press the Enter key
Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook reboots. You will be prompted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
Select the Disabled option and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Utility.
Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected.
Password protection for the hard disk
If a supervisor password has been assigned, a password for the hard disk can also be set in the
Hard Disk Security menu.
The hard disk is protected by this password. Data on this hard disk can only be read into another
system if the correct password has been entered.
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Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (device-dependent)
To use the TPM, you must activate the TPM in the BIOS Setup before the software is installed. The
condition for this is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password
Enabling TPM
Once you have activated the TPM through a reboot, the Clear Security Chip menu option
appears.
With Clear Security Chip, you can delete the owner in the TPM, if the TPM has already been
used. With Enabled, all secret keys generated by applications (e.g. SRK - Storage Root Keys,
AIK - Attestation Identity Keys, etc.) are deleted.
Please note that you will then no longer be able to access the data you have encrypted with the
keys based on that holder.
The notebook will restart, and TPM will be enabled after the reboot.
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