
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.T urnoffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethebatterypack,see“1010Battery
pack”onpage58.
3.Removethecoin-cellbattery.Forinstructionsonhowtoremovethecoin-cellbattery,see“1100
Coin-cellbattery”onpage67.Waitforafewseconds.
4.Reinstallthecoin-cellbattery.Forinstructionsonhowtoinstallthecoin-cellbattery,see“1100Coin-cell
battery”onpage67
.
5.Reinstallthebatterypack.Forinstructionsonhowtoinstallthebatterypack,see“1010Batterypack”
onpage58.
6.T urnonthecomputerandwaituntilthePOSTends.AfterthePOSTends,thepasswordpromptdoes
notappear.Thepower-onpasswordhasbeenremoved.
Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeensetandisknowntotheservicetechnician,dothefollowingtoremove
thepower-onpassword:
1.T urnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1.
3.T ypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
4.SelectSecurity.
5.SelectPassword.
6.SelectPower-OnPassword.
7.T ypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.thenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.
9.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword
Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbe
madeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovide
anyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpasswordsortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Toputthe
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