HP nx9000 Reference Guide - Page 35
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CAUTION Basic Operation Securing Your Notebook To lock the hard drive The notebook enables you to lock its internal hard drive to help keep your information secure. Hard drive lock does not protect a second hard drive installed in the module bay. When you enable hard drive lock, the current BIOS user password (or administrator password if that is the only password set) is encoded on the hard drive. If you move the hard drive to another computer, you can't access the drive until you set the user (or administrator) password to match the drive password. After you match the drive password, you can change the computer (and drive) password. If you forget the password, you cannot recover your data. 1. Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart. 2. When the logo screen appears, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup utility. 3. From the Security menu, enable Password Required to Boot. 4. From the Security menu, enable Internal hard drive lock. 5. Press F10 to save and exit BIOS Setup. 26 Reference Guide