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Using Passwords Do Not Forget Your Password If you forget your supervisor password, there is no way to reset your password. You have to take your computer to an IBM reseller or IBM marketing representative to havethe system board replaced. Proof or purchase is required, and an additional charge might be required for the service. If you forget your hard disk password, you can no longer access the hard disk. The password cannot be reset and you will lose all data and files on the hard disk. Neither an IBM reseller nor IBM marketing representative can make the hard disk drive usable. To use the computer, you will need to replace the hard disk. This replacement will incur expenses for parts and labor. Setting a Password To set a password, do the following: 1. Restart the computer. 2. Press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 3. Select Password and press Enter. The "Password" submenu appears: 88 ThinkPad 390X User's Reference

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Using Passwords
Do Not Forget Your Password
If you forget your supervisor password, there is no way to reset
your password. You have to take your computer to an IBM
reseller or IBM marketing representative to havethe system board
replaced. Proof or purchase is required, and an additional charge
might be required for the service.
If you forget your hard disk password, you can no longer access
the hard disk. The password cannot be reset and you will lose all
data and files on the hard disk. Neither an IBM reseller nor IBM
marketing representative can make the hard disk drive usable. To
use the computer, you will need to replace the hard disk. This
replacement will incur expenses for parts and labor.
Setting a Password
To set a password, do the following:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Press
F1
to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
3. Select
Password
and press
Enter
. The "Password" submenu
appears:
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