Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords - NEC POWERMATE CT User Manual

hard drive, you can never remove the passwords. You can change the
passwords. If you forget the master password and install the drive in
another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has no
capability of removing them.
If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system with hard disk
drive security enabled, you must enter the password to allow access to the
hard drive. If this PowerMate system does not support hard disk drive
security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.
Boot your system. Press
1.
Main Menu screen appears.
Using the arrow keys, select the Security Menu.
2.
Use the down arrow key to highlight
3.
press
Enter a master HDD password and press
4.
you to reenter the password to verify.
Reenter the master HDD password and press
5.
confirms the creation of the master password and prompts you to
enter a user password.
Enter a user password and press
6.
reenter the password to verify.
Reenter the user password and press
7.
Highlight and select
8.
+ (plus) and – (minus) keys to enable the selection. (This enables
password protection for the internal HDD.)

Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords

Use the following procedure to change hard disk drive passwords.
Boot your system. Press
1.
At the Main Menu screen, select the Security Menu.
2.
3-30 Configuring the System
If you set the master and user password on a
. The system prompts you to enter a master password.
Enter
Primary Master HDD Password
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup. The
F2
Assign HDD Password
Enter
. The system prompts you to
Enter
Enter
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup.
F2
. The system prompts
. The system
Enter
.
. Use the
and