9. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window,
select Yes .
How to remove the hard-disk password
Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user
HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to
the servicer, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized
servicers provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to
recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive
can be replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the
SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
For X30 series:
1. Turn on the computer, and press F1 when three
messages (F1, F11, and F12) appear on the screen.
2. Enter the SVP. The BIOS Setup Utility menu appears.
3. Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down
the menu.
4. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of
the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
5. Select Master HDP.
6. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password
field blank and press Enter twice.
7. Press F10.
8. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.
Both user HDP and master HDP will have been
removed.
For
MT2672-2xx, 8xx, 9xx, Axx, Bxx, Cxx, Dxx, Exx,
Fxx, Gxx, Hxx, Jxx, Kxx, Lxx, Nxx, Pxx, Qxx, Rxx,
MT2673-Cxx, Nxx, Pxx, MT2884-2xx, Bxx, Cxx, Gxx,
Jxx, Mxx, Nxx, MT2885-Pxx, Rxx, MT2890-8xx, 9xx,
Axx, Cxx, MT2891-8xx, Axx, Cxx in X31 series:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the “To interrupt
normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button”
message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen,
press the Access IBM button.
2. For models supporting the Passphrase function, press
F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then
enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the
master HDP.
Note: To check whether the ThinkPad computer
supports the Passphrase function, enter the
BIOS Setup Utility and go to Security -->
Password. If Using Passphrase item is
displayed in the menu, this function is available
on the ThinkPad computer.
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