Adding A New User Password; Changing The User Password - Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 User Manual

1. Enter administrator mode. See "Entering administrator mode" on page 5 for more information.
2. Hold +9 until the status LED flashes in blue.
3. Input a new administrator password (a minimum of eight digits and a maximum of 16 digits), and then
press . The status LED flashes in green three times.
Note: If the status LED flashes in red three times, it indicates that the new administrator password is
less than eight digits or more than 16 digits. After the status LED flashes in blue, input an administrator
password that contains eight to 16 digits.
4. Input the new administrator password again, and then press
seconds, indicating that the administrator password is successfully changed.
Notes:
• If the status LED flashes in red three times and then flashes in blue, go back to step 3. This problem
is caused by one of the following reasons:
– You wait longer than 10 seconds before inputting the new administrator password.
– The new administrator password is incorrectly input.
• If no activity is detected within two minutes in administrator mode, the secure hard drive will return to
standby mode.

Adding a new user password

The secure hard drive enables you to have up to 10 user passwords. To add a new user password,
do the following:
1. Enter administrator mode. See "Entering administrator mode" on page 5 for more information.
2. Hold +1 until the status LED flashes in blue.
3. Input a new user password (a minimum of eight digits and a maximum of 16 digits), and then press
. The status LED flashes in green three times.
Note: If the status LED flashes in red three times, this indicates that the new user password is less
than eight digits or more than 16 digits. After the status LED flashes in blue, input a user password that
contains eight to 16 digits.
4. Input the new user password again, and then press
indicating that the user password is successfully added.
Notes:
• If the status LED flashes in red three times and then flashes in blue, go back to step 3. This problem
is caused by one of the following reasons:
– You wait longer than 10 seconds before inputting the new user password.
– The new user password is incorrectly input.
• If no activity is detected within two minutes in administrator mode, the secure hard drive will return to
standby mode.

Changing the user password

Note: If you have more than one user password, you can change only one user password at a time.
To change the user password, do the following:
1. Enter user mode. See "Entering user mode" on page 6 for more information.
2. Hold +1 for five seconds until the status LED flashes in red.
. The status LED stays in green for three
. The status LED stays in green for three seconds,
.
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