Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection; Moving The Hard Drive - NEC POWERMATE 2000 Service And Reference Manual

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If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press
instead of entering a new password.
4. Save the changes and exit BIOS setup.

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
the master password results in the inability to access the data on the hard drive.
Establish different user passwords to limit access to specific systems.
If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, you
can never remove the passwords. You can change the
passwords. If you forget the master password and install the
drive in another system, you cannot access the data on the
hard drive.
Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has
no capability of removing them.
If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system
with hard disk drive security enabled, you must enter the
password to allow access to the hard drive. If this
PowerMate 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 PowerMate 2000
series system, the system boots normally.
If you install the hard drive in another NEC PowerMate system with security
enabled, you must enter the master password to access the hard drive. If the hard
drive is installed in another NEC PowerMate 2000 system with security
disabled, the system prompts you to enter the master password and then a new
user password.

Moving the Hard Drive

When a password protected hard drive 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. 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 protection, check the Security menu
in the BIOS Setup to see if there are provisions for establishing HDD
passwords.
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