Setting a drivelock password – HP ZBook 17 Mobile Workstation User Manual

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To apply DriveLock protection to an internal hard drive, a user password and a master password
must be set in Computer Setup. Note the following considerations about using DriveLock protection:

After DriveLock protection is applied to a hard drive, the hard drive can be accessed only by
entering either the user password or the master password.

The owner of the user password should be the day-to-day user of the protected hard drive. The
owner of the master password may be either a system administrator or the day-to-day user.

The user password and the master password can be identical.

You can delete a user password or master password only by removing DriveLock protection
from the drive. DriveLock protection can be removed from the drive only with the master
password.

Setting a DriveLock password

To set a DriveLock password in Computer Setup, follow these steps:

1.

Turn on the computer, and then press

esc

while the “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu”

message is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

2.

Press

f10

to enter Computer Setup.

3.

Use a pointing device or the arrow keys to select Security > DriveLock, and then press

enter

.

4.

Click Set DriveLock Password (global).

5.

Enter the BIOS Administrator password, and then press

enter

.

6.

Use a pointing device or the arrow keys to select the hard drive you want to protect, and then
press

enter

.

7.

Read the warning. To continue, select YES.

8.

When prompted, type a master password, and then press

enter

.

9.

When prompted, type the master password again to confirm, and then press

enter

.

10.

When prompted, type a user password, and then press

enter

.

11.

When prompted, type the user password again to confirm, and then press

enter

.

12.

To confirm DriveLock protection on the drive you have selected, type DriveLock in the
confirmation field, and then press

enter

.

NOTE:

The DriveLock confirmation is case sensitive.

13.

To save your changes and exit Computer Setup, click the Save icon in the lower-left corner of
the screen, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

– or –

Use the arrow keys to select File > Save Changes and Exit, and then press

enter

.

Your changes go into effect when the computer restarts.

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