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Hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) problems Problem: You cannot change or remove a hard disk password in the BIOS Setup Utility. Solution: A hard disk password can be changed or removed only if the setting of Using Passphrase in the BIOS Setup Utility - enabled or disabled - is the same as it was when you set the password. If the Hard Disk x Password menu in the BIOS Setup Utility is grayed out and unavailable: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Uninstall the HDD or SSD. 3. With the HDD or SSD uninstalled, turn on the computer. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 4. Remove all other passwords. 5. Set Using Passphrase as enabled or disabled, whichever was its setting when you set the hard disk password. 6. Save the change and exit the BIOS Setup Utility. 7. Turn off the computer. 8. Reinstall the HDD or SSD. 9. Turn on the computer and enter the BIOS Setup Utility to change or remove the hard disk password. Problem: On your SSD model, when you compress files or folders by use of the data compression function in Windows, and then decompress them, the process of writing to or reading from the files or folders is slow. Solution: Apply the Diskeeper program, preinstalled on your system, for faster access to the data. Chapter 3. Solving computer problems 27

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Hard
disk
drive
(HDD)
or
solid
state
drive
(SSD)
problems
Problem:
You
cannot
change
or
remove
a
hard
disk
password
in
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility.
Solution:
A
hard
disk
password
can
be
changed
or
removed
only
if
the
setting
of
Using
Passphrase
in
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility
-
enabled
or
disabled
-
is
the
same
as
it
was
when
you
set
the
password.
If
the
Hard
Disk
x
Password
menu
in
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility
is
grayed
out
and
unavailable:
1.
Turn
off
the
computer.
2.
Uninstall
the
HDD
or
SSD.
3.
With
the
HDD
or
SSD
uninstalled,
turn
on
the
computer.
When
the
ThinkPad
logo
comes
up,
immediately
press
F1
to
enter
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility.
4.
Remove
all
other
passwords.
5.
Set
Using
Passphrase
as
enabled
or
disabled,
whichever
was
its
setting
when
you
set
the
hard
disk
password.
6.
Save
the
change
and
exit
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility.
7.
Turn
off
the
computer.
8.
Reinstall
the
HDD
or
SSD.
9.
Turn
on
the
computer
and
enter
the
BIOS
Setup
Utility
to
change
or
remove
the
hard
disk
password.
Problem:
On
your
SSD
model,
when
you
compress
files
or
folders
by
use
of
the
data
compression
function
in
Windows,
and
then
decompress
them,
the
process
of
writing
to
or
reading
from
the
files
or
folders
is
slow.
Solution:
Apply
the
Diskeeper
program,
preinstalled
on
your
system,
for
faster
access
to
the
data.
Chapter
3.
Solving
computer
problems
27