Passwords - IBM ThinkPad G40 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Note: If you do not want to create the Access IBM
Predesktop Area, press the N key, and then go
to step 8.
5. At the next window, press Enter to continue.
v The Access IBM Predesktop Area is created. The
system automatically reboots during this process.
v The recovery process copies some files to the
Access IBM Predesktop Area, and PKUNZIPs
others.
v Follow the prompts. You may be prompted to
change CDs.
v When the process is complete, the system reboots.
Continue to step 6 to install preloaded system.
Install the preloaded system from the CD:
6. Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette if
required.)
7. If the hard disk drive is blank, the following message
is displayed: "Your computer originally included a
Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the
Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]".
v To install the Access IBM Predesktop Area, go to
step 4.
v To preload the hard disk drive without installing the
Access IBM Predesktop Area, press the N key.
8. If you get a message asking which operating system
to install, select the proper operating system and
press Enter.
9. A message is displayed: "Full Recovery:". Press
Enter to select.
10. On each of the next three windows, press the Y key.
11. Follow the prompts to complete the recovery.

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for any
ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the
hard disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password
(SVP).
If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for it
appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned
on. The computer does not start until the password is
entered.
Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password
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prompt does not appear when the operating
system is booted.