Lenovo ThinkPad A21e TP A21e, A22e Hardware Maintenance Manual (June 2001) - Page 29

To use the recovery repair diskette:, Passwords, Power-on password:, Hard-disk password:

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Related service information 4. If you are using Windows 2000 Professional, you will be prompted to select the appropriate operating system setting. This menu does not appear for Windows 98 SE. 5. Select System Utilities from the main menu. Press Enter. 6. Select Create a Recovery Repair diskette. Press Enter. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions. 8. When the process is completed, label the diskette as the Recovery Repair diskette and save it for future use. To use the recovery repair diskette: 1. Shut down and turn off the computer. 2. Attach the external diskette drive to the computer. 3. Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into the drive; then turn on the computer. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. Passwords As many as three passwords may be needed for any ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password (SVP). Exception: If only SVP is installed, the password prompt doesn't appear when the operating system is booted. When any of these passwords is used, a password prompt appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned on. The computer does not start until the password is entered. 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): v User HDP-for the user v 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 and is designed for the system administrator to input both in the same operation. The system administrator then provides the user HDP to the system user. General descriptions 25

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4.
If you are using Windows 2000 Professional, you will
be prompted to select the appropriate operating system
setting. This menu does not appear for Windows 98
SE.
5.
Select System Utilities from the main menu. Press
Enter
.
6.
Select Create a Recovery Repair diskette. Press
Enter
.
7.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
8.
When the process is completed, label the diskette as
the Recovery Repair diskette and save it for future use.
To use the recovery repair diskette:
1.
Shut down and turn off the computer.
2.
Attach the external diskette drive to the computer.
3.
Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into the drive; then
turn on the computer.
4.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Passwords
As many as three passwords may be needed for any
ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the
hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password
(SVP).
Exception:
If only SVP is installed, the password prompt
doesn’t appear when the operating system is
booted.
When any of these passwords is used, a password prompt
appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned
on. The computer does not start until the password is
entered.
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):
v
User HDP—for the user
v
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 and is designed for the system
administrator to input both in the same operation.
The system administrator then provides the user
HDP to the system user.
Related service information
General descriptions
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