Basic Operation

 

 

Securing Your Notebook

 

 

 

 

 

To lock the hard drive

 

 

The notebook enables you to lock its internal hard drive to help keep your

 

 

information secure. Hard drive lock does not protect a second hard drive installed in

 

 

the module bay.

 

 

 

CAUTION

When you enable hard drive lock, the current BIOS user password (or

 

 

administrator password if that is the only password set) is encoded on the hard

 

 

drive.

 

 

If you move the hard drive to another computer, you can’t access the drive until

 

 

you set the user (or administrator) password to match the drive password. After

 

 

you match the drive password, you can change the computer (and drive)

 

 

password. If you forget the password, you cannot recover your data.

 

 

1.

Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart.

 

 

 

 

2.

When the logo screen appears, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup utility.

 

 

3.

From the Security menu, enable Password Required to Boot.

 

 

4.

From the Security menu, enable Internal hard drive lock.

 

 

5.

Press F10 to save and exit BIOS Setup.

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