Lenovo ThinkPad A31p ThinkPad A30/p, A31/p Hardware Maintenance Manual (Septem - Page 34
To use the Recovery Repair diskette:, Passwords, Power-on password:, Hard-disk password:
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Related service information v To preload the hard-disk drive without installing the service partition, press N key. 8. If you get a message asking which operating system to install, select the proper operating system and press Enter. 9. A message is displayed: "Full Recovery:". Press Enter to select. 10. On each of the next three windows, press the Y key. 11. Follow the prompts to complete the recovery. To use the Recovery Repair diskette: 1. Shut down and turn off the computer. 2. Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into the drive, and then turn on the computer. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Passwords As many as three passwords may be needed for any ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password (SVP). If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for it appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned on. The computer does not start until the password is entered. Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password prompt does not appear when the operating system is booted. Power-on password: A power-on password (POP) protects the system from being powered on by an unauthorized person. The password must be entered before an operating system can be booted. Hard-disk password: There are two hard-disk passwords (HDPs): v User HDP-for the user v Master HDP-for the system administrator, who can use it to get access to the hard disk even if the user has changed the user HDP Note: There are two modes for the HDP: User only and Master + User. The Master + User mode requires two HDPs; the system administrator enters both in the same operation. The system administrator then provides the user HDP to the system user. 30 MT 2652/2653/2654