Lenovo Secure Desktop Drive User Guide
Page 1: ...Lenovo Secure Desktop Drive User Guide ...
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Page 3: ...rd 2 2 3 Accessing the secure drive 2 Chapter 3 Using the secure drive 3 3 1 Getting familiar with the working modes 3 3 2 Managing your passwords 3 Chapter 4 Protecting the secure drive 5 4 1 Locking the secure drive 5 4 2 Brute force attack protection 5 4 3 Safely removing the secure drive 5 Chapter 5 Resetting the secure drive 7 Chapter 6 Frequently asked questions 8 ...
Page 4: ...ve ac power adapter and power cord USB 3 0 data cable USB 2 0 compatible Quick start guide Warranty poster The following illustration shows the secure drive USB 3 0 connector Power connector Power switch Security lock slot Cancel button Unlock button Status indicators Cancel button Press this button to cancel the current operation or exit the user or admin mode Unlock button Press this button to c...
Page 5: ...ssword and press Ensure that the password consists of 8 to 16 digits Do not use a series of consecutive numbers such as 12345678 or repeating numbers such as 111111111 Indicators green blinking and blue solid on 3 Enter the same admin password again and press Indicators green solid on for three seconds and then blue solid on for 30 seconds Note If the red indicator blinks it indicates that you hav...
Page 6: ...u can change the admin password create or delete user passwords and set the automatic lock function For more information see Managing your passwords on page 3 and Automatic lock on page 5 Enter the admin mode 1 From the standby mode press and hold 0 for five seconds until the red indicator blinks slowly 2 Enter the admin password and press until the blue indicator is solid on The drive enters the ...
Page 7: ...ed indicator blinks it indicates that you have entered a wrong password Try again Now you have created a user password for the secure drive Changing a user password To change a user password do the following 1 Enter the user mode See User mode on page 3 2 Press and hold 1 until the red indicator blinks 3 Enter your current user password and press Indicators green blinking and blue solid on 4 Enter...
Page 8: ...ropriate numeric key to set your preferred time out 1 5 minutes 2 10 minutes 3 20 minutes 0 disable When the green indicator blinks for three times you have completed the setting Note Ensure that you save all documents on the secure drive before the drive locks itself If any document is not saved a message box will be displayed informing you that the document directory cannot be found You have to ...
Page 9: ...ating system do the following 1 Save and close all the files on your secure drive 2 Click the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the Windows notification area on the taskbar Then click the secure drive to eject it from the operating system ...
Page 10: ... solid on 4 Set an admin password See Setting an admin password on page 2 5 Press to exit the admin mode Then enter the admin password and press to unlock the secure drive 6 Do the following For Windows 7 Right click Computer and then click Manage When the Computer Management window opens click Disk Management on the left pane For Windows 8 1 and Windows10 Right click the Start button and then cli...
Page 11: ...d will lose all your data See Chapter 5 Resetting the secure drive on page 7 Question How can I use the secure drive without a password Answer As a full disk encryption product the secure drive can never be used without a password Question Could you explain why I cannot initialize partition or format the secure drive Answer Ensure that you use the Windows administrator account and the secure drive...
Page 12: ...Part Number SP40M13586 Printed in China 1P P N SP40M13586 ...
