Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 User Manual page 14

Attention: It is not recommended to initialize and format the secure hard drive on a Microsoft
operating system because this might decrease the writing speed of the secure hard drive.
To initialize and format the secure hard drive, do the following:
1. After a complete reset, connect the secure hard drive to your computer.
2. Input the default user password 12345678, and then press
automatically installs all the USB device drivers for the secure hard drive.
3. Depending on your Start mode, click Start and then right-click My Computer or Computer. Select
Manage, and the Computer Management window opens.
4. In the Computer Management window, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window opens,
and the secure hard drive is recognized as an unknown device that is uninitialized and unallocated.
5. Do one of the following to make the secure hard drive recognized:
• If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window opens, click Next ➙ Next ➙ Finish.
• If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window does not open, do the following:
a. Right-click Unknown Disk, and then select Initialize Disk.
b. In the Initialize Disk window, click OK.
6. Right-click your mouse in the blank area of the unallocated device section, and then select New
Partition. The Welcome to the New Partition Wizard window opens.
7. Click Next ➙ Next ➙ Next.
8. Input a name for the volume label and select Perform a quick format. Then, click Next.
9. Click Finish. Wait until the format process completes. The secure hard drive will be recognized and it
will be ready for use.
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ThinkPad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive User Guide
to enter user mode. The operating system
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Windows XP