Setting the Password

This process is to set a password so that other people cannot use the PC or change the settings.

The user can set a password while booting the system or setting up the system.

Caution:

Without the registered password, access to the system will be denied. Write down and keep the password in a safe place.

Set Supervisor Password

The password prevents unauthorized people from accessing the PC. By default, no password is set for the machine. If an unauthorized person changes the password in the System Setup, you will be unable to access the system.

After opening the system setup screen, click the [Security] button.
When the following screen appears, click [Enter] in the [Set Supervisor Password] menu.
When the following message appears, enter the password and click [OK]. The password must not exceed 8 total characters consisting of letters (A - Z), numbers (0 - 9), or a combination of both.
When the following message appears, click [OK].
To save the changes in system setup, press [F10].
When the following message appears, click [YES]. The PC will restart.

Tip:

With Supervisor Password, you are authorized to set all items in the System Setup and to set Password on boot. In case other people also use the notebook PC, it is recommended to set the Set User Password.

Set User Password

The password set by the [Set User Password] process is lower than that set by the [Set Supervisor Password] process, and so the user can use the[Set User Password] only after setting a password in the [Set Supervisor Password] menu.

After opening the system setup screen, click the [Security] button.
When the following screen appears, click [Enter] in the [Set User Password] menu.
When the following message appears, enter the password and click [OK]. The password must not exceed 8 total characters consisting of letters (A - Z), numbers (0 - 9), or a combination of both.
When the following message appears, click [OK].
To save the changes in system setup, press [F10].
When the following message appears, click [YES]. The PC will restart.

Tip:

[User Password] allows limited access to the items in the System Setup compared to the [Supervisor Password] item.

Password on boot

[Password on boot] menu protects the system by requesting [Set Supervisor Password] or [Set User Password] during boot up.

After opening the system setup screen, click the [Security] button.
When the following screen appears, set [Set Supervisor Password] only or both [Set Supervisor Password] and [Set User Password].
Click the [Off] button in the [Password on boot] menu as shown in the following figure. The button changes to [On] and the [Password on boot] setting is completed.

Set HDD Password / Set SSD Password

HDD / SSD Password is to set a password in the HDD and SSD separately from the Supervisor Password.

If you set both HDD password and SSD password, the password input window appears twice during booting.

If you set both HDD password and SSD password, the password input window appears in order of [Boot Priority Order] at the top of the [Boot] menu.

SSD is an option, and the Set SSD Password function may not be supported in some model.

After opening the system setup screen, click the [Security] button.
When the [Security] menu appears, click the [HDD Security Status] button.
When the following screen appears, click [Enter] in the [Set HDD Password] or [Set SSD Password] menu.
When the following message appears, enter the password and click [OK]. The password must not exceed 8 total characters consisting of letters (A - Z), numbers (0 - 9), or a combination of both.
When the following message appears, click [OK].
To save the changes in system setup, press [F10].
When the following message appears, click [YES]. The PC will restart.

Caution:

HDD PasswordWithout the password, it is impossible to recover the HDD.

The replacement of HDD due to a forgotten HDD Password is not covered by warranty.