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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using passwords in the Windows® operating system
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Deleting the hard disk drive master and user passwords in
the System Setup
HINT: You must delete the hard disk drive master password
before you can delete the hard disk drive user password.
To delete 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 Select the Master Password using the down arrow key.
5 Press the spacebar, the enter the master password and
press
Enter.
6 If you want to delete the master password, leave the
space blank and press
Enter twice.
System Setup displays:
Not Registered. The user password will
also display as
Not Registered.
7 Press End to save the change.
8 When System Setup prompts you to confirm your
change, Press
Y.