Operation Manual

Security functions
Cancelling the hard disk protection (ESPRIMO Mobile)
To cancel a password without setting a new one, proceed as follows:
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Main me nu.
► Highlight the Main HDD field and press the Enter k ey.
► Select the Change Password field.
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You will be initially requested to en ter the old password by the Enter current Password prompt.
You will then be requested to enter a new password by the E nte r new Password prompt.
► After entering the password, press the Enter key three times.
► From the Exit menu, choose the opt ion Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook will restart, and the hard disk protection will be cancelled.
Boot from Removable Media
With this BIOS feature you can control u nauthorised booting of an operating system f rom external
media (e.g. USB s tick, USB CD-ROM drive etc.). Here, we recommend that you set up the hard disk
as the first booting device to prevent access to your system from bootable CDs or other media.
The condition for this BIOS feature is that you have assigned at
least the supervisor password.
► Call up the BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Highlight the Boot from Removable Media field and press the Enter key.
► Select the entry All (if y ou want everyone to be allowed to boot) or Supervisor Only (if you
only want the supervisor to be authorised to do this) and press the Enter key.
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If you do not want to change any other settings you can exit the BIOS Setup.
► From the Exit menu, choose the opt ion Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The noteb ook will restart and the settings will be adopted.
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