Samsung N140 manual Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password Optional, Deactivating the Password

Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password (Optional)

A supervisor password must be set using the Set Supervisor Password menu.

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 selecting Security > HDD Password, press the Power button to turn the computer on again.

Deactivating the Password

1 Press <Enter> on the password to be deactivated. For example, to deactivate a supervisor password in the Set Supervisor Password item, press <Enter>.

2 In the Enter Current Password item, enter the currently 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>.

5 In the Setup Notice window, press <Enter>.

The password is deactivated.

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