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Entering a bios administrator password, Managing a computer setup drivelock password, Setting a drivelock password – HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G1 Notebook PC User Manual

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Use the arrow keys to select Main > Save Changes and Exit, and then press

enter

.

Your changes go into effect when the computer restarts.

Entering a BIOS administrator password

At the BIOS administrator password prompt, type your password (using the same kind of keys

you used to set the password), and then press

enter

. After 3 unsuccessful attempts to enter the BIOS

administrator password, you must restart the computer and try again.

Managing a Computer Setup DriveLock password

CAUTION:

To prevent the DriveLock-protected hard drive from becoming permanently unusable,

record the DriveLock user password and the DriveLock master password in a safe place away from

your computer. If you forget both DriveLock passwords, the hard drive will be permanently locked and

can no longer be used.

DriveLock protection prevents unauthorized access to the contents of a hard drive. DriveLock can be

applied only to the internal hard drive(s) of the computer. After DriveLock protection is applied to a

drive, a password must be entered to access the drive. The drive must be inserted into the computer or

an advanced port replicator in order for it to be accessed by the DriveLock passwords.

NOTE:

A BIOS Administrator password must be set before you can access the DriveLock features.

To apply DriveLock protection to an internal hard drive, a user password and a master password must

be set in Computer Setup. Note the following considerations about using DriveLock protection:

After DriveLock protection is applied to a hard drive, the hard drive can be accessed only by

entering either the user password or the master password.

The owner of the user password should be the day-to-day user of the protected hard drive. The

owner of the master password may be either a system administrator or the day-to-day user.

The user password and the master password can be identical.

You can delete a user password or master password only by removing DriveLock protection from

the drive. DriveLock protection can be removed from the drive only with the master password.

Setting a DriveLock password

To set a DriveLock password in Computer Setup, follow these steps:

1.

Turn on the computer, and then press

esc

while the “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” message

is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

2.

Press

f10

to enter Computer Setup.

3.

Use a pointing device or the arrow keys to select Security > Hard Drive Tools > DriveLock,

and then press

enter

.

4.

Click Set DriveLock Password (global).

5.

Enter the BIOS Administrator password, and then press

enter

.

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