Using The Secure Hard Drive; Entering And Exiting The Standby Mode, Admin Mode, And User Mode; Entering The Standby Mode; Entering The Admin Mode - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

Using the Secure Hard Drive

This chapter provides information about using the Secure Hard Drive.
Entering and exiting the Standby Mode, Admin Mode, and
User Mode
This section provides information about how to enter and exit the Standby
Mode, Admin Mode, and User Mode of your Secure Hard Drive.

Entering the Standby Mode

The Standby Mode is the default working mode of the Secure Hard Drive and
is the gateway to other working modes.
To enter the Standby Mode, attach the Secure Hard Drive to your computer.
The drive automatically goes into Standby Mode and the indicator light turns
red. In this mode, the Secure Hard Drive is locked. It cannot be recognized by
the operating system and it does not provide either the regular functions or the
encryption function. However, it enables you to enter and switch between the
Admin Mode and the User Mode.
Note: To switch between the Admin Mode and the User Mode, you are
required to switch to the Standby Mode first, and then you can enter the
mode of your choice.

Entering the Admin Mode

Note: The Secure Hard Drive cannot be recognized by the operating system in
the Admin Mode.
To enter the Admin Mode, do the following:
1. Attach the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. The
Secure Hard Drive goes into the Standby Mode, and the indicator light
turns red.
2. Press and hold + 0 for five seconds until the indicator light flashes red.
This indicates that you can enter the Admin Password.
3. Enter the Admin Password and press
123456. The Secure Hard Drive is in Admin Mode when the indicator light
has changed to blue.
. The default Admin Password is
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