Exiting The Admin Mode; Entering The User Mode; Exiting The User Mode; Password Management - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

Note: If the indicator light flashes red for a few seconds, indicating the Secure
Hard Drive has returned to the Standby Mode, go back to Step 2. This is
due to one of the following conditions:
v You entered an incorrect Admin Password in Step 3.
v No activity was detected within two minutes in the Admin Mode.

Exiting the Admin Mode

To exit the Admin Mode, press the
indicator light turns red. This indicates that you are in the Standby Mode.

Entering the User Mode

To enter the User Mode, do the following:
1. Attach the Secure Hard Drive to your computer. It enters the Standby
Mode.
2. Enter the User Password or the Admin Password and press
indicator light turns green indicating that the drive is in the User Mode. If
the indicator light flashes red, you need to re-enter the correct password.

Exiting the User Mode

To exit the User Mode, double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon from
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the Microsoft Windows
from your computer. Attach the Secure Hard Drive to your computer again
and the indicator light turns red. This indicates that you are in the Standby
Mode.

Password Management

This section provides information about managing your password in the
Admin Mode and User Mode.

Changing the Admin Password

You can change the Admin Password by doing the following:
1. Enter Admin Mode.
2. Press and hold + 9 until the indicator light flashes blue.
3. Enter the new password (a minimum of 6 digits and a maximum of 16
digits) and press . The indicator light flashes green three times.
Note: If the indicator light flashes red three times, this indicates that the
password is less than 6 digits or more than 16 digits. Enter a
password that contains 6 – 16 digits after the indicator light flashes
blue intermittently.
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button in the Admin Mode until the
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desktop, and then remove the Secure Hard Drive
. The