Chapter 3. Using The Thinkpad Esata/Usb Secure Hard Drive; Entering And Exiting The Standby Mode, Admin Mode, And User Mode; Entering The Standby Mode; Entering The Admin Mode - Lenovo ThinkPad eSATA/USB Secure Hard Drive Handbuch

Chapter 3. Using the ThinkPad eSATA/USB Secure Hard Drive

This chapter provides information about using the secure hard drive.

Entering and exiting the Standby Mode, Admin Mode, and User Mode

This section provides information about how to enter and exit the Standby Mode, Admin Mode, and User
Mode of your secure hard drive.

Entering the Standby Mode

The Standby Mode is the default working mode of the secure hard drive and is the gateway to other
working modes.
To enter the Standby Mode, attach the secure hard drive to your computer. The drive automatically goes
into Standby Mode and the indicator light turns red. In this mode, the secure hard drive is locked. It
cannot be recognized by the operating system and it does not provide either the regular functions or the
encryption function. However, it enables you to enter and switch between the Admin Mode and the User
Mode.
Note: To switch between the Admin Mode and the User Mode, you are required to switch to the Standby
Mode first, and then you can enter the mode of your choice.

Entering the Admin Mode

Note: The secure hard drive cannot be recognized by the operating system in the Admin Mode.
To enter the Admin Mode, do the following:
1. Attach the secure hard drive to your computer. The indicator light turns red. The secure hard drive
goes into the Standby Mode.
2. Press and hold +0 for five seconds until the indicator light flashes red. This indicates that you can
enter the Admin Password.
3. Enter the Admin Password and press
drive is in Admin Mode when the indicator light has changed to blue.
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
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. The indicator light turns red. The secure hard drive
goes into the Standby Mode.
2. Enter the User Password or the Admin Password and press
indicating that the secure hard drive is in the User Mode. If the indicator light flashes red, this
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. The default Admin Password is 12345678. The secure hard
button until the indicator light turns red, indicating that you are
. The indicator light turns green,
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