A-10 PM 2000 Series Release Notes3. Highlight Assign HDD Password and press Enter.! If you enter the current master password, you are prompted to enter anew master password.! If you enter the current user password, you are prompted to enter thenew user password.! If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press Escinstead of entering a new password.4. Save the changes and exit BIOS setup.Using Hard Disk Drive Password ProtectionTo facilitate the transfer of one or more HDDs between systems, establish asingle master password (and store the password in a secure place). Forgettingyour master password results in the inability to access the data on your harddrive. Establish different user passwords to limit access to specific systems.If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, youcan never remove the passwords. You can change thepasswords. If you forget the master password and install thedrive in another system, you cannot access the data on thehard drive.Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. hasno capability of removing them.If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate systemwith hard disk drive security enabled, you must enter thepassword to allow access to the hard drive. If thisPowerMate system does not support hard disk drivesecurity, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.With hard disk drive security enabled on the original NEC PowerMate 2000series system, the system boots normally.If you install the hard drive in another NEC PowerMate system with securityenabled, you must enter the master password to access the hard drive. If the harddrive is installed in another NEC PowerMate 2000 system with securitydisabled, the system prompts you to enter the master password and then a newuser password.Moving the Hard DriveWhen a password protected hard drive is moved from its original system andinstalled in another system, error messages appear indicating that the drive islocked. Next, the Security Setup screen appears requiring the user to enter themaster password to unlock the drive. Enter the master password, whenprompted.
