Samsung XE700T1C User Manual Windows 8 User Manual Ver.1.1 (English) - Page 106

Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password Optional, Deactivating the Password, Enter, Set HDD Password - hard drive

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Setting a Boot Password Chapter 4. Settings and Upgrade 105 Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password (Optional) If you set a password for a hard disk drive, it cannot be accessed from another computer. Press in the Set HDD Password item and define a password as described in Step 3 of the Setting up the Supervisor Password. •• The hard disk drive password setting function is not provided for some models. •• Changing the hard disk drive password For security purposes, you can only change a hard disk drive password after restarting the computer by pressing the computer Power button. If you cannot change the hard disk drive password or the HDD Password Frozen message appears when entering the BIOS Setup and then selecting Security > HDD Password, press the Power button to turn the computer on again. Deactivating the Password 1 Press on the password to be deactivated. For example, to deactivate a supervisor password in the Set Supervisor Password item, press . 2 In the Enter Current Password item, enter the currently configured password and press . 3 Leave the Enter New Password item field empty, and press . 4 Leave the Confirm New Password field empty, and press . The password is deactivated. For some models the password is only canceled if the key is pressed in the Setup Notice window.

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Chapter 4.
Settings and Upgrade
Setting a Boot Password
Setting up a Hard Disk Drive Password (Optional)
If you set a password for a hard disk drive, it cannot be accessed
from another computer.
Press <
Enter
> in the
Set HDD Password
item and define a
password as described in Step 3 of the Setting up the Supervisor
Password.
The hard disk drive password setting function is not
•
provided for some models.
Changing the hard disk drive password
•
For security purposes, you can only change a hard disk
drive password after restarting the computer by pressing
the computer
Power
button.
If you cannot change the hard disk drive password or the
HDD Password Frozen
message appears when entering
the BIOS Setup and then selecting
Security > HDD
Password
, press the
Power
button to turn the computer
on again.
Deactivating the Password
1
Press <
Enter
> on the password to be deactivated. For
example, to deactivate a supervisor password in the
Set
Supervisor Password
item, press <
Enter
>.
2
In the
Enter Current Password
item, enter the currently
configured password and press <
Enter
>.
3
Leave the
Enter New Password
item field empty, and press
<
Enter
>.
4
Leave the
Confirm New Password
field empty, and press
<
Enter
>.
The password is deactivated.
For some models the password is only canceled if the
<
Enter
> key is pressed in the
Setup Notice
window.