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Using passwords Once you set a setup password, the setup password prompt ( ) appears at the top left corner of the screen when you press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. Hard Disk Password Once you set a hard disk password, the hard disk password prompt ( ) appears at the top left corner of the screen each time you turn on your computer or when your computer returns from hibernation mode to normal operation. Notes: 1. When both power-on and hard disk passwords are set, the computer asks for the power-on password at boot-up and resume from hibernation mode. 2. When the hard disk password is set, and you want to enter the BIOS Utility, you need to press F1 immediately after correctly entering the hard disk password. To enter a password, do the following: 1. Type your password. Don't hold down a key too long, because the same character will be entered continuously. 2. Press the Enter key. An X appears if you enter the wrong password. If you fail to enter the correct password in three tries, you must press and hold the power switch for 5 seconds to turn off the computer, wait 5 seconds, and then turn it on again and retry. Removing and changing a password To change or remove a password, do the following: 1. Restart the computer. 2. While the ThinkPad logo is being displayed, wait for the BIOS Utility prompt to appear. If the power-on password or hard disk password is set, the corresponding password prompt appears. Enter the password correctly and press Enter. Then immediately press F1 to enter the BIOS Utility. 78 ThinkPad i Series 1200/1300 User's Reference

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Using passwords
Once you set a setup password, the setup password prompt (
) appears at the top left corner of the screen when you
press
F1
to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
±
Hard Disk Password
Once you set a hard disk password, the hard disk password
prompt (
) appears at the top left corner of the screen each
time you turn on your computer or when your computer returns
from hibernation mode to normal operation.
Notes:
1. When both power-on and hard disk passwords are set, the
computer asks for the power-on password at boot-up and
resume from hibernation mode.
2. When the hard disk password is set, and you want to enter
the BIOS Utility, you need to press
F1
immediately after cor-
rectly entering the hard disk password.
To enter a password, do the following:
1. Type your password.
Don't hold down a key too long, because the same character will
be entered continuously.
2. Press the
Enter
key.
An
X
appears if you enter the wrong password. If you fail to
enter the correct password in three tries, you must press and
hold the power switch for 5 seconds to turn off the computer,
wait 5 seconds, and then turn it on again and retry.
Removing and changing a password
To change or remove a password, do the following:
1. Restart the computer.
2. While the ThinkPad logo is being displayed, wait for the BIOS
Utility prompt to appear.
±
If the power-on password or hard disk password is set, the
corresponding password prompt appears. Enter the pass-
word correctly and press
Enter
. Then immediately press
F1
to enter the BIOS Utility.
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ThinkPad i Series 1200/1300 User's Reference