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8. If a menu appears asking which operating system to

install, highlight proper operating system and press

“ENTER”.

9. A menu will appear stating “Full Recovery:”. Press

“ENTER” to select.

10. Enter “Y” at the three windows which follow.

11. Follow prompts to complete Recovery.

Passwords

As many as three passwords may be needed for any

ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the

hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password

(SVP).

Exception: If only SVP is installed, the password prompt

doesn’t appear when the operating system is

booted.

When any of these passwords is used, a password prompt

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. Without

knowing the password, nobody can start the system.

Hard-disk password:

There are two hard-disk passwords (HDPs):

v User HDP—for the user

v Master HDP—for the system administrator, who can use

it to get access to the hard disk even if the user has

changed the user HDP

Note: There are two modes for the HDP: User only and

Master + User. You can enter two HDPs when you

select Master + User.

Attention

If the master HDP has been forgotten, there is no

way to delete it. But you can still get access to the

hard disk if you remember the user HDP. If both

user HDP and master HDP have been forgotten, the

password cannot be removed and the hard disk will

not be accessible.

Supervisor password:

A supervisor password (SVP) protects the system

information stored in the IBM BIOS Setup Utility so that

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