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Configuring the BIOS, System Password, Enter], Password on boot, Disabled], Hard Disk Password

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5 Configuring the BIOS System Password [Enter] The system password protects the BIOS settings. When "Enabled", you will be prompted for a password after you press [F2] to enter BIOS setup. To Enable: Select "Enter" and press [Enter], type a password and press [Enter], type the same password again and press [Enter] to confirm. (You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols and other keys are ignored.) To Disable: Select "Set" and press [Enter] without entering a password. Password on boot [Disabled] Password on boot requires the "System Password" to be "Enabled". When "Enabled", you will be prompted for a password during bootup after the chance to enter BIOS setup. (To enter BIOS setup, [F2] must be pressed before the password prompt.) To Enable: Select "Disabled" and press [Enter], use the up/down cursor to select "Enable" To Disable: Select "Enabled" and press [Enter], use the up/down cursor to select "Disable" NOTE: If "Password on Boot" and "Hard Disk Password" are both "Enabled", the "Hard Disk Password" will be required first. Hard Disk Password [Enter] A hard disk password places a protection on the hard disk drive so that a password is necessary in order to access the hard disk drive. When "Enabled", the hard disk drive will be protected as follows: • The protected hard disk drive will prompt for a password when accessed on the Notebook PC. • The protected hard disk drive cannot be used as a master or slave drive on another computer. • The protected hard disk drive cannot be formatted. To Enable: Select "Enter" and press [Enter], type a password and press [Enter], type the same password again and press [Enter] to confirm. (You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols and other keys are ignored.) To Disable: Select "Set" and press [Enter], enter the password and press [Enter]. NOTE: If "Password on Boot" and "Hard Disk Password" are both "Enabled", the "Hard Disk Password" will be required first. 72

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Configuring the BIOS
System Password
[Enter]
The system password protects the BIOS settings. When “Enabled”, you will be prompted for a pass-
word after you press [F2] to enter BIOS setup.
To Enable:
Select “Enter” and press [Enter], type a password and press [Enter], type the same pass-
word again and press [Enter] to confirm. (You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols
and other keys are ignored.)
To Disable:
Select “Set” and press [Enter] without entering a password.
Password on boot
[Disabled]
Password on boot requires the “System Password” to be “Enabled”.
When “Enabled”, you will be
prompted for a password during bootup after the chance to enter BIOS setup. (To enter BIOS setup,
[F2] must be pressed before the password prompt.)
To Enable:
Select “Disabled” and press [Enter], use the up/down cursor to select “Enable”
To Disable:
Select “Enabled” and press [Enter], use the up/down cursor to select “Disable”
NOTE:
If “Password on Boot” and “Hard Disk Password” are both “Enabled”, the “Hard Disk Pass-
word” will be required first.
Hard Disk Password
[Enter]
A hard disk password places a protection on the hard disk drive so that a password is necessary in order
to access the hard disk drive. When “Enabled”, the hard disk drive will be protected as follows:
•
The protected hard disk drive will prompt for a password when accessed on the Notebook PC.
•
The protected hard disk drive cannot be used as a master or slave drive on another computer.
•
The protected hard disk drive cannot be formatted.
To Enable:
Select “Enter” and press [Enter], type a password and press [Enter], type the same pass-
word again and press [Enter] to confirm. (You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters. Symbols
and other keys are ignored.)
To Disable:
Select “Set” and press [Enter], enter the password and press [Enter].
NOTE:
If “Password on Boot” and “Hard Disk Password” are both “Enabled”, the “Hard Disk Pass-
word” will be required first.