Sony VPCX131KX - Manual (Page 74)

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Customizing Your VAIO Computer >
Setting the Password
Hard disk password Provides additional security for the data stored on your built-in storage device. Even if the password-protected
built-in storage device is removed from your computer and is installed in another computer, other users will
not be able to access the data without knowing the password.
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Entry of the hard disk password will be prompted along with the power-on password (if set), after the VAIO logo appears
to start your computer.
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If you forget the hard disk password or the keyboard fails, which is critical to password entry, no bypass is possible and
the data stored on the built-in storage device will not be accessible. There is NO RESET of this password. You will have to
replace the built-in storage device at your own expense and lose all the data originally stored on the device.
Type of Password Description