
Note:Afterrestoringadrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmightneedtoreinstallsomedevicedrivers.
Passwords
AsmanyasthreepasswordsmaybeneededforanyThinkPadNotebook:thepower-onpassword(POP),
thehard-diskpassword(HDP),andthesupervisorpassword(SVP).
Ifanyofthesepasswordshasbeenset,apromptforitappearsonthescreenwheneverthecomputeris
turnedon.Thecomputerdoesnotstartuntilthepasswordisentered.
Note:IfonlyanSVPisinstalled,thepasswordpromptdoesnotappearwhentheoperatingsystemisbooted.
Power-onpassword
Apower-onpassword(POP)protectsthesystemfrombeingpoweredonbyanunauthorizedperson.The
passwordmustbeenteredbeforeanoperatingsystemcanbebooted.ForhowtoremovethePOP,see
“Howtoremovethepower-onpassword”onpage47.
Hard-diskpassword
Therearetwohard-diskpasswords(HDPs):
•UserHDP—fortheuser
•MasterHDP—forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddiskeveniftheuser
haschangedtheuserHDP
Note:TherearetwomodesfortheHDP:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+Usermoderequires
twoHDPs;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.Thesystemadministratorthen
providestheuserHDPtothesystemuser.
Attention:IftheuserHDPhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterHDPhasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbe
usedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.IfnomasterHDPisavailable,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorized
servicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteithertheuserorthemasterHDP ,ortorecoverdatafrom
theharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.
ForhowtoremovethePOP,see“Howtoremovethehard-diskpassword”onpage48.
Supervisorpassword
Asupervisorpassword(SVP)protectsthesysteminformationstoredintheBIOSSetupUtility.Theusermust
entertheSVPinordertogetaccesstotheBIOSSetupUtilityandchangethesystemconguration.
Attention:IftheSVPhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservicetechnician,thereisno
serviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword
ToremoveaPOPthatyouhaveforgotten,dothefollowing:
(A)IfnoSVPhasbeenset:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.Forhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Batterypack”onpage75.
3.Removethebackupbattery.Forhowtoremovethebackupbattery,see“1080Backupbattery”on
page89.
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