IBM ThinkPad Dock II Hardware Maintenance Manual

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5. If you get a message asking which operating system toinstall, select the proper operating system and pressEnter.6. A message is displayed: “Full Recovery:”. Press Enterto select.7. On each of the next three windows, press the Y key.8. Follow the prompts to complete the recovery.PasswordsAs many as three passwords may be needed for anyThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), thehard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password(SVP).If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for itappears on the screen whenever the computer is turnedon. The computer does not start until the password isentered.Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the passwordprompt does not appear when the operatingsystem is booted.Power-on password:A power-on password (POP) protects the system frombeing powered on by an unauthorized person. Thepassword must be entered before an operating system canbe booted.Hard-disk password:There are two hard-disk passwords (HDPs):v User HDP—for the userv Master HDP—for the system administrator, who can useit to get access to the hard disk even if the user haschanged the user HDPNote: There are two modes for the HDP: User only andMaster + User. The Master + User mode requirestwo HDPs; the system administrator enters both inthe same operation. The system administrator thenprovides the user HDP to the system user.Attention: If the user HDP has been forgotten, checkwhether a master HDP has been set. If it has, it can beused for access to the hard disk drive. If no master HDP isavailable, IBM does not provide any services to reseteither the user or the master HDP, or to recover data fromthe hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replacedfor a scheduled fee.Supervisor password:A supervisor password (SVP) protects the systemRelated service information28 R50/R50p, R51 Series