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Related service information 9. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window, select Yes . How to remove the hard-disk password Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the servicer, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized servicers provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee. To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following: For X30 series: 1. Turn on the computer, and press F1 when three messages (F1, F11, and F12) appear on the screen. 2. Enter the SVP. The BIOS Setup Utility menu appears. 3. Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down the menu. 4. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens. 5. Select Master HDP. 6. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password field blank and press Enter twice. 7. Press F10. 8. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window. Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed. For MT2672-2xx, 8xx, 9xx, Axx, Bxx, Cxx, Dxx, Exx, Fxx, Gxx, Hxx, Jxx, Kxx, Lxx, Nxx, Pxx, Qxx, Rxx, MT2673-Cxx, Nxx, Pxx, MT2884-2xx, Bxx, Cxx, Gxx, Jxx, Mxx, Nxx, MT2885-Pxx, Rxx, MT2890-8xx, 9xx, Axx, Cxx, MT2891-8xx, Axx, Cxx in X31 series: 1. Turn on the computer; then, while the "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button" message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen, press the Access IBM button. 2. For models supporting the Passphrase function, press F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the master HDP. Note: To check whether the ThinkPad computer supports the Passphrase function, enter the BIOS Setup Utility and go to Security --> Password. If Using Passphrase item is displayed in the menu, this function is available on the ThinkPad computer. General descriptions 35

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9.
Press
F10;
then,
in
the
Setup
confirmation
window,
select
Yes
.
How
to
remove
the
hard-disk
password
Attention:
If
User
only
mode
is
selected
and
the
user
HDP
has
been
forgotten
and
cannot
be
made
available
to
the
servicer,
neither
Lenovo
nor
Lenovo
authorized
servicers
provide
any
services
to
reset
the
user
HDPs
or
to
recover
data
from
the
hard
disk
drive.
The
hard
disk
drive
can
be
replaced
for
a
scheduled
fee.
To
remove
a
user
HDP
that
has
been
forgotten,
when
the
SVP
and
the
master
HDP
are
known,
do
the
following:
For
X30
series:
1.
Turn
on
the
computer,
and
press
F1
when
three
messages
(F1,
F11,
and
F12)
appear
on
the
screen.
2.
Enter
the
SVP.
The
BIOS
Setup
Utility
menu
appears.
3.
Select
Password
,
using
the
cursor
keys
to
move
down
the
menu.
4.
Select
Hard-disk
x
password
,
where
x
is
the
letter
of
the
hard
disk
drive.
A
pop-up
window
opens.
5.
Select
Master
HDP
.
6.
Enter
the
master
HDP;
then
leave
the
New
Password
field
blank
and
press
Enter
twice.
7.
Press
F10.
8.
Select
Yes
in
the
Setup
Configuration
window.
Both
user
HDP
and
master
HDP
will
have
been
removed.
For
MT2672-2xx,
8xx,
9xx,
Axx,
Bxx,
Cxx,
Dxx,
Exx,
Fxx,
Gxx,
Hxx,
Jxx,
Kxx,
Lxx,
Nxx,
Pxx,
Qxx,
Rxx,
MT2673-Cxx,
Nxx,
Pxx,
MT2884-2xx,
Bxx,
Cxx,
Gxx,
Jxx,
Mxx,
Nxx,
MT2885-Pxx,
Rxx,
MT2890-8xx,
9xx,
Axx,
Cxx,
MT2891-8xx,
Axx,
Cxx
in
X31
series:
1.
Turn
on
the
computer;
then,
while
the
“To
interrupt
normal
startup,
press
the
blue
Access
IBM
button”
message
is
displayed
at
the
lower-left
of
the
screen,
press
the
Access
IBM
button.
2.
For
models
supporting
the
Passphrase
function,
press
F1
while
HDP
icon
is
appearing
on
the
screen;
then
enter
the
master
HDP.
For
the
other
models,
enter
the
master
HDP.
Note:
To
check
whether
the
ThinkPad
computer
supports
the
Passphrase
function,
enter
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility
and
go
to
Security
-->
Password
.
If
Using
Passphrase
item
is
displayed
in
the
menu,
this
function
is
available
on
the
ThinkPad
computer.
Related
service
information
General
descriptions
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