•HardDiskxPassword
Note:HardDisk1referstotheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputer.
IfyouselectandenableHardwarePasswordManager,youcanmanageyourpower-onpassword,
supervisorpassword,andyourharddiskpasswordsbythemanagementserver.Bydefault,thisisset
toEnabled.
LockUEFIBIOSSettingsenablesordisablesthefunctionthatpr otectsitemsintheThinkPadSetupfrom
beingchangedbyauserwhodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.
Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,noonebutyoucanchangeanyitemsinthe
ThinkPadSetup.
IfyouselectSetMinimumLength,youcanspecifyaminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandhard
diskpasswords.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchangethelength.
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattendedboot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthecomputer
isturnedon,fromeitherapower-offstateorhibernation,byanunattendedeventsuchasWakeonLAN.If
youselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesaheadandloadsthe
operatingsystem.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Startupmenu
Youmayneedtochangethestartupsequenceofyourcomputer.F orexample,ifyouhavedifferentoperating
systemsondifferentdevices,youcanhavethesystemstartupfromeitherofthem.
Attention:Afteryouchangeyourstartupsequence,youmustbeextremelycarefulnott ospecifyawrong
deviceduringacopy,asave,oraformatoperation.Ifyouspecifyawrongdevice,yourdataandprograms
mightbeerasedoroverwritten.
Attention:IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,youshouldnotchangethestartupsequence.
BitLockerdriveencryptiondet ectsthechangeofstartupsequenceandlocksthecomputerfrombooting.
Changingthestartupsequence
SelectStartuptodisplaytheBootsubmenu:
Tochangethestartupsequence,dothefollowing:
1.SelectBoot;thenpressEnter.
•YoucanusetheBootsubmenutospecifythestartupsequencethatrunswhenyouturnonthe
power.RefertoBootsubmenu.
•YoucanusetheNetworkBoottospecifythetopprioritybootdevicethatrunswhenWakeon
LANiscommonlyusedbyLANadministratorsincorporatenetworkstogetremoteaccesstoyour
computer.RefertoNetworkBoot.
2.Selectthedeviceyouwanttostartrst.
TosettheorderthattheUEFIBIOSwillusewhenstartinganoperatingsystem,youcanpressthe
“–”or“+”keytomovethedeviceupordown.
3.P ressF10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.
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