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Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection
To facilitate the transfer of one or more HDDs between systems, establish a single
master password (and store the password in a secure place). Forgetting your master
password results in the inability to access the data on your hard drive. Establish
different user passwords to limit access to specific systems.
passwords can never be removed. They can be changed. If the master password is
forgotten and the drive is installed in another system, you cannot access the data on the
hard drive.
If the hard drive is installed in another NEC Versa system with hard disk drive security
enabled, the password must be entered to allow access to the hard drive. If this NEC
Versa system does not support hard disk drive security, you cannot access the
data on the hard drive.
With hard disk drive security enabled on the original NEC Versa system, the system
boots normally.
If the hard drive is installed in another NEC Versa system with security enabled, you
must enter the master password to access the hard disk drive. If the hard drive is
installed in another NEC Versa system with security disabled, you are prompted to
enter the master password and then a new user password.
Moving the Hard Disk Drive
When a password protected HDD is moved from its original system and installed in
another system and the system is powered on, error messages appear indicating that the
drive is locked. Next, the Security Setup screen appears requiring the user to enter the
master password to unlock the drive. To unlock the drive, highlight the HDD password
line and enter the master password, when prompted.
If you wish to move an HDD from one system to another, follow steps 1 through 6 in
the section, "Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords," before installing the HDD in a
different system. Install the HDD in the desired system, then follow steps 7 and 8, as
desired, to establish HDD protection.
To take advantage of HDD password protection in another system, the system must be
equipped with the same HDD password protection feature. To determine if the system
has HDD password, check the System Security Setup in the BIOS setup to see if there
are provisions for establishing HDD passwords.
If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, the
Using the BIOS Setup Utility 3-11
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