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Users can start the system with a user password, but

cannot enter the System Setup. By doing this, you can

prevent other users from entering Setup.
Before configuring a user password, a supervisor

password must have been configured. Deactivating the

supervisor password also deactivates the user password.
In the

Set User Password item, press <Enter> and

complete the procedures from Step 3 of Setting a

Supervisor Password.

A supervisor password must be set using the

Supervisor Password menu.
If you set a password for a hard disk drive, it cannot be

accessed from another computer.
Press Enter in the

Set HDD 0 Password item and define

a password as described in Step 3 of the Setting up the

Supervisor Password.

The hard disk drive password setting function is

not provided for some models.

Changing the hard disk drive password
For security purposes, you can only change a hard

disk drive password after restarting the computer

by pressing the computer

Power button.

If you cannot change the hard disk drive password

or the

HDD Password Frozen message appears

when entering the BIOS Setup and then selecting

Security > HDD 0 Password, press the Power

button to turn the computer on again.

 Press <

Enter> on the password to be deactivated.

For example, to deactivate a supervisor password in
the

Set Supervisor Password item, press <Enter>.

 In the

Enter Current Password item, enter the

currently configured password and press <

Enter>.

 Leave the

Enter New Password item field empty,

and press <

Enter>.

 Leave the

Confirm New Password field empty, and

press <

Enter>.

 In the [

Setup Notice] window, press <Enter>.

The password is deactivated.