Fujitsu A512 Laptop User Manual


 
Security functions
Password prote ction for the hard disk
Passwordprotection:
The had disk password prevents unauthorised access to the hard disk drives
and is checked internally each time the system is booted. The condition for this
is that you have assigned at least the supervisor password.
Activating hard disk protection
Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
If you have not assigned BIOS passwords yet, dene the supervisor and the user
password now, if desired (see "
Securit y functions", Page 41).
Mark the Hard Disk Security eld and press the Enter key.
In the Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password eld and press the Enter key.
Enter new Password then appears and you are asked to enter a password.
Enter the password and press the Enter key.
Conrm new Password requires you to conrm the passw ord.
Enter the password again and press the Enter key.
Setup Notice: Changes have b ee n saved is displayed to conrm that the
new password has been saved.
To assign the password for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area and
select the eld Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as for
setting up the password for the rst hard disk (Drive0).
The eld Password Entry on Boot is set to Enabled by default. You can exit the BIOS
Setup once you have nished changing the settings.
From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
Press the Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots and your hard disk is no w protected with a password. The system
will ask you to enter the password when the notebook is restarted again.
Deactivating hard disk protection
To cancel a password without setting a new one, proceed as follows:
Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
Mark the Hard Disk Security eld and press the Enter key.
In the Drive0 area mark the Set Master Password eld and press the Enter key.
You will be initially requested to en ter t he old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the Enter new Password prompt.
After entering the password, press the Enter key three times.
From the Exit menu, choose the option Exit Saving Changes.
Press the Enter key and select Yes.
The notebook reboots, and password protection for the hard disk is cancelled.
To cancel the password for the second hard disk (Drive1), go to the Drive1 area
and select the eld Set Master Password, then proceed in exactly the same way as
for cancelling the password for the rst hard disk (Drive0).
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