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How to remove the hard disk password
Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user
HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to
the servicer, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized
servicers provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to
recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive
can be replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the
SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the “To interrupt
normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button”
message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen,
press the Access IBM button.
2. Press F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen;
then enter the master HDP. For the other models,
enter the master HDP.
3. Double—click Start setup utility. Enter SVP.
4. Select Security, using the cursor keys to move down
the menu.
5. Select Password.
6. Select hard disk x password, where x is the letter of
the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
7. Select Master HDP.
8. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password
field blank and press Enter twice.
9. Press F10.
10. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.
Both user HDP and master HDP will have been
removed.
Power management
To reduce power consumption, the computer has three
power management modes: screen blank, standby, and
hibernation.
Screen blank mode
Screen blank mode has three variants, as follows:
1. If you press Fn+F3, or the time set on the “LCD off
timer” in BIOS Setup Utility expires,
v The LCD backlight turns off.
v The hard disk drive motor stops.
v The speaker is muted.
2.
If you are using the ACPI operating system and you
press Fn+F3,
v The LCD backlight turns off.
v The hard disk drive motor stops.
Related service information
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