Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection; Moving The Hard Disk Drive; Power Management Setup - NEC VERSA LXi Service And Reference Manual

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, 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. Highlight the
HDD password line and enter the master password, when prompted.
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.

Power Management Setup

If your Versa LXi system ships with the Windows 2000/98 operating system, the Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) controls most power management functions through
the Power Management Properties screen in Windows. For details about ACPI power
management, see the section, "Managing System Power," later in this chapter. The BIOS Power
Management Setup screen is described next. Please note that the following definitions apply in
the Windows 95 environments and that some do not apply under Windows 2000/98 with ACPI,
as noted. Use SystemSoft's PowerProfiler to manage power in the Windows NT environment.
Access the PowerProfiler icon on the Windows NT taskbar.
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If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, the