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Configuring the HDD security setting using the BIOS, Set User Password, Create New Password

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ENGLISH Configuring the HDD security setting using the BIOS You can set a password in the BIOS Setup to protect your HDD. To set a password for your HDD from the BIOS Setup: 1. Press to enter the BIOS Setup at startup. 2. From the BIOS Setup EZ Mode screen, click Exit > Advanced Mode. From the Advanced Mode screen, click Main > HDDx: [name of HDD] to open the HDD Password screen. 3. Select the Set User Password item and press . 4. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press . 5. Confirm the password when prompted. 6. Click Exit and select Save Changes & Reset to save the changes made. Take note of this password, which you would need to access the HDD. To change the password for your HDD from the BIOS Setup: 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of the previous section to open the HDD Password screen. 2. Select the Set User Password item and press . 3. From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press . 4. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press . 5. Confirm the password when prompted. 6. Click Exit and select Save Changes & Reset to save the changes made. To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the Set User Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed. ASUS Desktop PC 45

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Configuring the HDD security setting using the BIOS
You can set a password in the BIOS Setup to protect your HDD.
To set a password for your HDD from the BIOS Setup:
1.
Press <Delete> to enter the BIOS Setup at startup.
2.
From the BIOS Setup EZ Mode screen, click
Exit
>
Advanced Mode
. From the Advanced
Mode screen, click
Main
>
HDDx: [name of HDD]
to open the HDD Password screen.
3.
Select the
Set User Password
item and press <Enter>.
4.
From the
Create New Password
box, key in a password, then press <Enter>.
5.
Confirm the password when prompted.
6.
Click
Exit
and select
Save Changes & Reset
to save the changes made.
Take note of this password, which you would need to access the HDD.
To change the password for your HDD from the BIOS Setup:
1.
Follow steps 1 and 2 of the previous section to open the HDD Password screen.
2.
Select the
Set User Password
item and press <Enter>.
3.
From the
Enter Current Password
box, key in the current password, then press
<Enter>.
4.
From the
Create New Password
box, key in a new password, then press <Enter>.
5.
Confirm the password when prompted.
6.
Click
Exit
and select
Save Changes & Reset
to save the changes made.
To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press
<Enter> when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the
Set User Password
item on top of the screen shows
Not Installed
.
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