How To Remove The Hard Disk Password - Lenovo ThinkPad G41 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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4. Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends.
After the POST ends, the password prompt does not
appear. The POP has been removed.
5. Reinstall the backup battery and the battery pack.
(B) If an SVP has been set and is known by the servicer:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the "To interrupt
normal startup, press F1" message is displayed at the
lower-left of the screen, press F1.
2. Enter the SVP. Select Start setup utility.
3. Select Security, using the cursor keys to move down
the menu.
4. Select Password.
5. Select Power-On Password.
6. At the Enter Current Password field, enter the SVP.
7. When the Enter New Password field opens, leave it
blank and press Enter twice.
8. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter.
9. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window,
select Yes.

How to remove the hard disk password

Attention:
HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to
the neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized servicers
provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to recover
data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be
replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the
SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the "To interrupt
normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button"
message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen,
press the Access IBM button.
2. Enter Master HDP. Select Start setup utility. Enter
SVP.
3. Select Security, using the cursor keys to move down
the menu.
4. Select Password.
5. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of
the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
6. Select Master HDP.
7. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password
field blank and press Enter twice.
8. Press F10.
9. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.
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ThinkPad G40, G41
If User only mode is selected and the user