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Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords
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4
Press the spacebar to select User password
mode.
5
Press an arrow key to move to the Master Password
section. You must register a Master Password first.
6
Press the spacebar, then type a password of 1 to 16
characters and press
Enter
. You may use any combination
of letters and numbers in your password.
7
When System Setup prompts you to verify the password,
type it again and press
Enter
.
If the two passwords match, System Setup displays:
Registered
for both User and Master passwords. If the two passwords do
not match, an error message appears. Repeat
to enter the password again.
8
Press
End
to save the change.
9
When System Setup prompts you to confirm your
change, press
Y
.
Changing the master and user passwords in System Setup
To change the master and user passwords in System Setup:
1
Click Start, then click Shutdown, and click OK.
The computer shuts down.
2
Hold down the
Esc
key and press and hold the power
button until the on/off light on the system indicator panel
illuminates (green) for approximately one second. When
the following message appears on the screen: “Check
system, Then press [F1] key,” press
F1
.
The System Setup screen appears.
3
Press
H
to move to the HDD PASSWORD section on the
screen.
4
Use the up and down arrow keys to select the password
you wish to change.