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Passwords, Power-on password, Hard-disk password – Lenovo Y50-70 User Manual

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Y40-70/Y40-80/Y50-70/Y50-80/Y50-70 Touch/Y50-80 Touch

Hardware Maintenance Manual

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for any Lenovo computer:

the power-on password (POP), the hard disk password (HDP), and the

administrator password.
If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for it appears on the screen

whenever the computer is turned on. The computer does not start until the

password is entered.

Power-on password

A power-on password (POP) protects the system from being powered on by

an unauthorized person. The password must be entered before an operating

system can be booted.

Hard-disk password

There are two hard-disk passwords (HDPs):
+ User HDP - for the user
+ Master HDP - for the system administrator, who can use it to get access to

the hard disk drive even if the user has changed the user HDP
Attention: If the user HDP has been forgotten, check whether a master HDP

has been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the hard disk drive. If

no master HDP is available, neither Lenovo nor Lenov authorized service

technicians provide any services to reset either the user or the master HDP, or

to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced

for a scheduled fee.

Administrator password

Administrator password controls the access of the whole setup utility. Only

Administrator password was set then User password can be set. If Administrator

password was cleared, the User password was cleared too.

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