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• Primary Hard Disk Password protects your data by preventing
unauthorized access to your hard disk. Even if the hard disk is
removed from the computer and moved to another computer, it
cannot be accessed without the Primary Hard Disk Password.
Important! Do not forget your Supervisor and Primary Hard Disk
Password! If you forget your password, please get in touch with
your dealer or an authorized service center.
You can set, change and delete passwords using the BIOS Utility or the
Notebook Manager. See
“BIOS Utility” on page 52 and “Notebook
Manager” on page 50.
Entering a password
Note: If you wish to enter the BIOS Utility, you need to press F2
before the password prompt appears.
Follow these steps:
1 When a password is set, a password prompt appears in the center
of the display screen.
• Supervisor or User Password
• Primary Hard Disk Password
2 Type in a valid password set for the computer: User, Supervisor or
Primary Hard Disk (a block appears for each character you type),
and press Enter.
If the password is correct, the computer continues booting into
Windows (or enters the BIOS Utility if you press F2 before the
password prompt appears).
If the password is incorrect, the following warning appears.
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