Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords; Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords - NEC POWERMATE CT 815 Service And Reference Manual

Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords

To establish password protection for the system's hard drive, you must establish a master
password, establish a user password, and enable the established passwords for the internal hard
drive. Use the following procedure to establish HDD passwords and to enable HDD password
protection.
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 the system. Press
1.
appears.
Using the arrow keys, select the Security Menu.
2.
Use the down arrow key to highlight
3.
prompts you to enter a master password.
Enter a master HDD password and press
4.
password to verify.
Reenter the master HDD password and press
5.
master password and prompts you to enter a user password.
Enter a user password and press
6.
verify.
Reenter the user password and press
7.
Highlight and select
8.
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.
Highlight
3.
If you enter the current master password, you are prompted to enter a new master
!
password.
If you enter the current user password, you are prompted to enter the new user
!
password.
If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press
!
entering a new password.
Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
4.
If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, you can never
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup. The Main Menu screen
F2
Enter
Primary Master HDD Password
when prompted to enter BIOS Setup.
F2
and press
Assign HDD Password
and press
Assign HDD Password
. The system prompts you to reenter the
Enter
. The system confirms the creation of the
Enter
. The system prompts you to reenter the password to
.
Enter
. Use the + (plus) and – (minus) keys
.
Enter
System Configuration 2-19
. The system
Enter
instead of
Esc