•Userharddiskpassword-fortheuser
•Masterharddiskpassword-forthesystemadministrator,whocanuseittogetaccesstotheharddisk
eveniftheuserhaschangedtheuserharddiskpassword
Note:Therearetwomodesfortheharddiskpassword:UseronlyandMaster+User.TheMaster+User
moderequirestwoharddiskpasswords;thesystemadministratorentersbothinthesameoperation.The
systemadministratorthenprovidestheuserharddiskpasswordtothesystemuser.
Attention:Iftheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgotten,checkwhetheramasterharddiskpassword
hasbeenset.Ifithas,itcanbeusedforaccesstotheharddiskdrive.Ifnomasterharddiskpasswordis
available,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovideanyservicestoreseteither
theuserorthemasterharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Theharddiskdrive
canbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Forhowtoremovetheharddiskpassword,see“Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword”onpage34
.
Supervisorpassword
AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetup.Theusermustenter
thesupervisorpasswordinordertogetaccesstotheThinkPadSetupandchangethesystemconfiguration.
Attention:Ifthesupervisorpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbemadeavailabletotheservice
technician,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystemboardmustbereplacedfor
ascheduledfee.
Howtoremovethepower-onpassword
Toremoveapower-onpassword,dothefollowing:
Ifnosupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,dothefollowingtoremovethepower-onpassword:
1.Turnoffthecomputeranddisconnectacpower.
2.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage54.
3.Removethebottomcover.See“1010Bottomcover”onpage54.
4.Removethecoin-cellbatteryandwaitforafewseconds.See“1060Coin-cellbattery”onpage60.
5.Reinstallthecoin-callbattery.
6.Reinstallthebottomcover.
7.Reconnectacpower.
8.TurnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoes
notappear.Thepower-onpasswordhasbeenremoved.
Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove
thepower-onpassword:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1.
3.TypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
4.SelectSecurity.
5.SelectPassword.
6.SelectPower-OnPassword.
7.TypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.
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