Samsung DP515A2GK01US Deactivating the Password, Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password Optional

Setting a Boot Password

Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password (Optional)

If you set a password for a hard disk drive, it cannot be accessed from another computer.

Press <Enter> in the Set HDD Password item and define a password as described in Step 3 of the Setting up the Supervisor Password.

•• The hard disk drive password setting function is not provided for some models.

•• Changing the hard disk drive password

For security purposes, you can only change a hard disk drive password after restarting the computer by pressing the computer Power button.

If you cannot change the hard disk drive password or the HDD Password Frozen message appears when entering the BIOS Setup and then selecting Security > HDD Password, press the Power button to turn the computer on again.

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Settings and Upgrade

Deactivating the Password

	Press <Enter> on the password to be deactivated. For
1 example, to deactivate a supervisor password in the Set
	Supervisor Password item, press <Enter>.
	In the Enter Current Password item, enter the currently
2 configured password and press <Enter>.
3	Leave the Enter New Password item field empty, and press
	<Enter>.
4	Leave the Confirm New Password field empty, and press
	<Enter>.

The password is deactivated.

For some models the password is only canceled if the <Enter> key is pressed in the Setup Notice window.