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 day-to-day user of the protected hard drive. The owner of the master password may be a system administrator or the day-to-day user.

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Compaq 285558-001 manual Using DriveLock, Entering a Compaq Administrator Password