NEC POWERMATE CT 815 Service And Reference Manual

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2-20 System ConfigurationUsing Hard Disk Drive Password ProtectionTo facilitate the transfer of one or more HDDs between systems, establish a single masterpassword (and store the password in a secure place). Forgetting the master password results inthe inability to access the data on the hard drive. Establish different user passwords to limitaccess to specific systems.If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, you can neverremove the passwords. You can change the passwords. If you forget the master password andinstall the drive in another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.Once you set these passwords, NEC Computers Inc. has no capability of removing them.If you install the hard drive in another PowerMate system with hard disk drive security enabled,you must enter the password to allow access to the hard drive. If this PowerMate system doesnot support hard disk drive security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive.With hard disk drive security enabled on the original NEC PowerMate CT system, the systemboots normally.If you install the hard drive in another NEC PowerMate system with security enabled, you mustenter the master password to access the hard drive. If the hard drive is installed in another NECPowerMate CT system with security disabled, the system prompts you to enter the masterpassword and then a new user password.Moving the Hard DriveWhen a password protected hard drive is moved from its original system and installed in anothersystem, error messages appear indicating that the drive is locked. Next, the Security Setupscreen appears requiring the user to enter the master password to unlock the drive. Enter themaster password, when prompted.To take advantage of HDD password protection in another system, the system must be equippedwith the same HDD password protection feature. To determine if the system has HDD passwordprotection, check the Security Menu in the BIOS Setup to see if there are provisions forestablishing HDD passwords.FLASH UtilityThe system BIOS resides on a ROM chip in the system and is updated using the followingprocedure. Before starting the BIOS update, we recommend that you first contact NECC forassistance (see Section 8 for NECC contacts).Update the Flash ROM with a BIOS flash diskette. You can get the diskette from NECC ordownload the BIOS from the NECC website. See Section 8 for download and websiteinformation.Update the BIOS from the BIOS flash diskette as follows.1. Write down the BIOS Setup parameters currently set on your system.2. Turn off the system.3. Put the flash diskette in drive A and turn on the system.4. When the flash upgrade menu appears, choose Update Flash Memory Area from a file.5. When asked for a path/file name, use the arrow keys to select the ì.bioî file and pressEnter.