User manual SONY VAIO VGN-NW380F/S

[. . . ] All other topics apply to all operating systems. CONTENTS Using Hard Disk Drive Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Establishing Hard Disk Drive Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Once the BIOS Setup screen appears, use the Up and Down arrow keys to highlight and select the System Security Setup. 2 SONY Versa VX Release Notes 3. Highlight Assign HDD Password and press Enter. T T T 4. If you enter the current master password, you are prompted to enter a new master password. If you enter the current user password, you are prompted to enter the new user password. If you do not want to establish a new master or user password, press Esc instead of entering a new password. Save the changes and exit BIOS setup. Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection To facilitate the transfer of one or more HDDs between systems, establish a single master password (and store the password in a secure place). Forgetting your master password results in the inability to access the data on your hard drive. Establish different user passwords to limit access to specific systems. If you set the master and user password on a hard drive, the passwords can never be removed. If the master password is forgotten and the drive is installed in another system, you cannot access the data on the hard drive. If the hard drive is installed in another SONY Versa system with hard disk drive security enabled, the password must be entered to allow access to the hard drive. If this SONY Versa system does not support hard disk drive security, you cannot access the data on the hard drive. With hard disk drive security enabled on the original SONY Versa system, the system boots normally. If the hard drive is installed in another SONY Versa system with security enabled, you must enter the master password to access the hard disk drive. If the hard drive is installed in another SONY Versa system with security disabled, you are prompted to enter the master password and then a new user password. Moving the Hard Disk Drive When a password-protected HDD is moved from its original system and installed in another system, error messages appear indicating that the drive is locked. Next, the Security Setup screen appears requiring the user to enter the master password to unlock the drive. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to highlight and select the Power Management Setup menu. Highlight Auto Save-To-File and use the PgDn or Fn and Up and Down arrow keys to change the setting to Disabled. Press Esc to exit the Power Management Setup menu. Press F10 to save your settings and exit the BIOS Setup utility. Conserving Battery Power In the Windows 2000 environment, the default setting for a critical low battery state is Standby. Standby does not power down your system to conserve battery power. SONYC recommends that you change the Windows 2000 Standby default setting for a critical low battery to Hibernate to prevent data loss during battery-powered system operation. The power management state Hibernate or Save-To-File (STF) saves the system's current working environment to the system's hard drive, then powers down the system to conserve battery power. You can configure your power management settings to enter hibernation when your system reaches a critical low battery state. SONY Versa VX Release Notes 5 Follow these steps to modify the default setting for a critical low battery state: 1. 7. Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Double click Power Options and select the Alarm tab. Click the Alarm Action button in the Critical Battery Alarm section. [. . . ] Double click to view the available drivers. Highlight Latest ATI Display Drivers and click Install. At the Driver Setup Welcome screen, click Next. Click Next to select the default destination directory. [. . . ]