How to remove Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Password - ThinkPad

Steps and instructions to remove Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Password - ThinkPad

This is a general tutorial on how to remove HDD password.

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Use the following steps to remove the hard disk password:

Turn on the computer.
When the ThinkPad logo is displayed, immediately press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program or click here to check out how to enter the ThinkPad Setup program.
Select Security.
Select Password.
Select Hard-disk x password where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
Select Master HDP, where HDP stands for hard disk password.
Type the current master hard disk password in the Enter Current Password field. Then, leave the Enter New Password field blank, and press Enter twice.
Press F10 to save changes and exit the ThinkPad Setup program. The user hard disk password and the master hard disk password have been removed.

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Document ID:HT104228

Original Publish Date:09/29/2015

Last Modified Date:07/09/2024