Security
Entering a Compaq Administrator Password
At the Computer Setup prompt, type your password using the same keys you used to set the password, then press enter. After 3 unsuccessful attempts to enter the Compaq administrator password, you must restart the notebook and try again.
Using DriveLock
ÄCAUTION: If you forget both the DriveLock user password and the DriveLock master password, the protected hard drive is permanently unusable.
DriveLock prevents unauthorized access to the contents of a hard drive. Once DriveLock protection is applied to a drive, a password must be entered to access the drive and the drive can be accessed only when it is inserted into the notebook.
DriveLock involves 2 passwords: a user password and a master password:
■A hard drive protected by DriveLock can be accessed with either the user or the master password.
■You can delete a user password or master password only by removing DriveLock protection from the drive. DriveLock protection can be removed from the drive only with the master password.
■The owner of the user password should be the
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