Establishing Drivelock Protection - Compaq Armada e500 - Notebook PC Quick Reference Manual

Establishing DriveLock Protection

CAUTION:
will render the protected hard drive permanently unusable. Record
your master password and keep it in a secure location physically
separate from your computer. In the event you lose the user
password, the master password can be used to unlock a protected
hard drive and reset the user password.
To establish DriveLock protection:
1. Run Computer Setup by turning on or restarting the computer
(StartÅShut DownÅRestart). When the blinking cursor
appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press F10.
2. Select the Security Menu.
3. Select DriveLock passwords and press Enter.
4. Select the location of the hard drive you want to lock and press
Enter.
5. Select Protection Enable using the left or right arrow key and
press Enter.
6. Read the warning and press F10 if you want to continue.
7. Type your new user password. (You may use up to 32
alphanumeric characters, and you may use the same password
you are using for the power-on password.)
Type carefully because the password does not display
NOTE:
as you type it.
8. Enter the user password again to verify it.
9. Press F10.
10. Type your new master password. (You may use up to 32
alphanumeric characters, and you may use the same password
you are using for the power-on password.)
Type carefully because the password does not display
NOTE:
as you type it.
11. Enter the master password again to verify it.
12. Press F10.
13. Read the warning message. If you wish to establish
DriveLock, type DriveLock at the prompt, and press F10.
Forgetting or losing both the user and master passwords
Security Features 13-13