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Passwords, Power-on password, Hard-disk password

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Lenovo G560 Hardware Maintenance Manual When you use the recovery disks to boot your computer, the system will enter the user interface for system recovery automatically. Please follow the prompt to insert the backup disks to complete the whole recovery process. Note: The recovery process might take up to 2 hours. Passwords As many as three passwords may be needed for any Lenovo 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): • User HDP- for the user • 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. Attention: If the user HDP has been forgotten, check whether a master HDP has been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the hard disk drive. If no master HDP is available, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized servicers provide any services to reset either the user or the master HDP, or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee. 26

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Lenovo G560 Hardware Maintenance Manual
When you use the recovery disks to boot your computer, the system will enter
the user interface for system recovery automatically. Please follow the prompt
to insert the backup disks to complete the whole recovery process.
Note:
The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
Passwords
As many as three passwords may be needed for any Lenovo 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):
User HDP— for the user
•
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.
Attention:
If the user HDP has been forgotten, check whether a master HDP
has been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the hard disk drive. If no
master HDP is available, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized servicers
provide any services to reset either the user or the master HDP, or to recover
data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced for a
scheduled fee.