HP Z400 H2D81US, VA799UT 799UT#ABA manual Enabling DriveLock, Select SecurityDriveLock Security

Enabling DriveLock

To enable and set the DriveLock user password:

1.Power on or restart the workstation.

2.As soon as the workstation is powered on, press and hold F10 until you enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.

If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the workstation, and then press and hold F10 again to access the utility.

If you are using a PS2 keyboard, you might see a keyboard error message. Disregard it.

3.Select Security>DriveLock Security.

4.For each DriveLock-capable drive, select a drive by pressing F10 to accept.

5.Under Enable/Disable DriveLock options, select Enable, and then press F10 to enable DriveLock for a specific drive.

CAUTION: Forgetting the DriveLock password renders the drive unusable.

6.Enter a new user password, and then press F10 to accept. This password may be 1 to 32 characters long.

7.Enter the password again in the Enter New Password Again field. If you forget this password, the drive is rendered permanently disabled.

8.Select File>Save Changes and Exit, and then press F10. After you press F10, the workstation performs a cold start before invoking the DriveLock function.

You can also use this process to set the DriveLock master password by selecting Master in Step 5.

When the workstation starts, you are prompted to enter the DriveLock password for each DriveLock-capable drive for which you have set a password. You have two attempts to enter the password correctly. If the password is not entered correctly, the workstation attempts to start anyway. However, the boot process most likely fails because data from a locked drive cannot be accessed.

In a single drive workstation, if the drive has DriveLock enabled, the workstation might not be able to boot to the operating system, and might try to boot from the network or from another storage device (depending on the boot ordering options). Regardless of the outcome of the start attempts, the drive-locked drive remains inaccessible without the DriveLock password.

In a two-drive workstation that has a boot drive and a data drive, you can apply the DriveLock feature to the data drive only. In this case, the workstation can always start, but the data drive is accessible only when the DriveLock password is entered.

Cold starts require that you enter DriveLock passwords. However, DriveLock passwords are also required for warm starts. For example, if you boot to DOS and press Ctrl+Alt+Del, you must enter the DriveLock password before the workstation completes the next start cycle. This warm-start behavior is consistent with the DriveLock feature.

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