Password Protection For The Hard Disk; Activating Hard Disk Protection - Fujitsu LIFEBOOK E780 Operating Manual

Activating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
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► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select the desired option (Disabled, First Boot or Every Boot) and press the Enter key
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook will reboot. You will be prompted to enter your password (the supervisor password).
Deactivating system protection
► Start the BIOS Setup Utility and go to the Security menu.
Operatingsystem
► Select the Password on Boot option and press the Enter key.
► Select the Disabled option and press the Enter key.
If you do not want to change any other settings, you can exit BIOS Setup Utility.
► Select the Save Changes & Exit option under Exit.
The notebook will reboot. The system is no longer password-protected.

Password protection for the hard disk

Passwordprotection:
The had disk password prevents unauthorised access to the hard disk drives
and is checked internally each time the system is booted. The condition for this
is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password.

Activating hard disk protection

► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
If you have not assigned BIOS passwords yet, define the supervisor and the user
password now, if desired (see
► Mark the Hard Disk Security field and press the Enter key.
► In the Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password field and press the Enter key.
Enter new Password then appears and you are asked to enter a password.
► Enter the password and press the Enter key.
Confirm new Password requires you to confirm the password.
► Enter the password again and press the Enter key.
Setup Notice: Changes have been saved is displayed to confirm that the
new password has been saved.
► To assign the password for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area and
select the field Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as for
setting up the password for the first hard disk (Drive0).
The field Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BIOS
Setup once you have finished changing the settings.
► From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots and your hard disk is now protected with a password. The system
will ask you to enter the password when the notebook is restarted again.
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