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Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,refertothefollowingtipstomaximizesecurity:
Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,
orsolid-statedrive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage45
and“Harddisk
passwords”onpage48
.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdrive,DiskEncryptionhybriddrive,oraDiskEncryptionsolid-statedriveis
installedinyourcomputer,besuretoprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorized
accessbyuseofdriveencryptionsoftware.
Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,deletethedatastoredonit.Formoreinformation,
referto“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrive”onpage52.
Theharddiskdrive,hybriddrive,orsolid-statedrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.
DiskEncryptionharddiskdrive,DiskEncryptionhybriddrive,andEncryptionsolid-statedrive
SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdrive,DiskEncryptionhybriddrive,orEncryption
solid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelpstoprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDflash,
ordevicecontrollersbyuseofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefficientuseoftheencryptionfeature,set
aharddiskpasswordfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Usingthefingerprintreader
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveafingerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationcan
replaceyourWindowspassword.Inthisway,youcanlogontoyourcomputersimplyandsecurely.To
enablefingerprintauthentication,enrollyourfingerprintsfirst.
Enrollingyourfingerprint
Toenrollyourfingerprints,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheLenovoFingerprintManagerprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheFingerprintManager
Proprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage12.
2.EntertheWindowspasswordasrequired.
3.Clicktheiconforthefingerthatyouwanttoenroll,andconstantlyswipeyourcorrespondingfinger
acrossthefingerprintreaderuntiltheenrollmentcompletes.Formoreinformation,see“Swipingyour
fingeroverthefingerprintreader”onpage50.
4.ClickFinish.Yourfingerprintisenrolledsuccessfully.
Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouenrollmorethanonefingerprintincaseofanyinjuriestoyourfingers.
Swipingyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader
Toswipeyourfingeroverthereader,dothefollowing:
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