HP Xw4600 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Technical Reference Manual page 57

master or user password. For a warm-boot, you must enter the same password used to unlock the drive
during the preceding cold-boot. Users are given two attempts to enter a correct password. During cold-
boot, if neither attempt succeeds, POST continues but the drive remains inaccessible. During a warm-
boot or restart from Windows, if neither attempt succeeds, POST halts and the user is instructed to cycle
power.
To enable and set the DriveLock user password:
1. Power on or restart the workstation.
2. As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold the F10 key until you enter the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
NOTE:
and then press and hold the F10 key again to access the utility.
If you are using a PS2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message—disregard it.
3. Select Security>DriveLock Security.
4. For each DriveLock-capable drive, select a drive by pressing the F10 key to accept.
5. Under Enable/Disable DriveLock options, select Enable, and then press the F10 key to enable
DriveLock for a particular drive.
CAUTION:
6. Enter a new user password, and then press the F10 key to accept. This password may be 1 to 32
characters long.
7. Enter the password again in the Enter New Password Again field. If you forget this password, the
drive is rendered permanently disabled.
8. Select File>Save Changes and Exit, and then press the F10 key. After you press the F10 key,
the system performs a cold-boot before invoking the DriveLock function.
NOTE: This process can also be used to set the DriveLock master password by selecting Master in
Step 5.
When the workstation starts, you are prompted to enter the DriveLock password for each DriveLock-
capable drive for which you have previously set a password. You are given two attempts to enter the
password correctly. If the password is not entered correctly, the workstation attempts to boot anyway.
However, the boot process most likely fails because data from a locked drive cannot be accessed.
In a single drive workstation, if the drive has DriveLock enabled, the workstation might not be able to
boot to the operating system, and might try to boot from the network or from another storage device
instead (depending on the boot ordering options). Regardless of the outcome of the boot attempts, the
drive-locked drive remains inaccessible without the DriveLock password.
In a two-drive workstation that has a boot drive and a data drive, you can apply the DriveLock feature
to the data drive only. In this case, the workstation can always boot, but the data drive is accessible only
when the DriveLock password is entered.
Cold-boots require that you enter DriveLock passwords. However, DriveLock passwords are also
required for warm-boots. For example, if you boot to DOS and enter Ctrl-Alt-Del, you must enter the
DriveLock password before the workstation completes the next boot cycle. This warm-boot behavior is
consistent with the DriveLock feature.
ENWW
If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation,
Forgetting the DriveLock password renders the drive unusable.
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