T440s: Disk Password cannot be set in Bios

I got a new T440s with an 256gb SSD by Samsung. I would like to set a hard disk password in the bios. But the menu item "Hard Disk x Password" is not showing up on the bios page Security->Password. All other menu items from "Hardware Password Manager" to "Power-On Password" do show up.
Does anybody have the same problem? Is there another way of setting the hard disk password?
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Hello,
I am having few problems with my new TP W500. I have enabled BitLocker Encryption in Vista Ultimate SP1 after I got my laptop and disabled it later. After a while I noticed that HD password option along with the passphrase option in the BIOS got grayed out and I cannot make any changes to the HD password. I know the HD password, system is booting up after I enter the HD password but very same password for the same hard disk is not working when I plug the Hard Disk into my TP T60p.
Called Lenovo support in Atlanta but they could not figure it out. They think HD got stuck encrypted eventhough I decrypted with BitLocker and formatted. Also called Hitachi and they don't have any idea about it. I also cleared and turned off the TPM in addition to clearing and disabling the security chip but non of these actions were helpful to disable or change the KNOWN HD password. I wonder if reflashing the BIOS would solve it.
I would appreciate if anyone has an idea about this issue.
Thanks.
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Just wanted to get back with this issue in case someone else is having the same problem. Lenovo finally decided to replace the mother board on my laptop and this issue finally got fixed. Now I am able to remove/change my hard disks passwords.

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few days ago I bought one Thinkpad T60. All is fully functional excepting of one issue with BIOS password. It seems there is no password set previously since I can entry the BIOS menu and set all particular entries w/o any problem. Hovewer when I come to the point to set a BIOS password, the BIOS freezes suddently. Can anybody know what could be the reason for that? Is there some solution how to fix it? Thanks
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Also just to clarify, reflashing a bios chip won't change the password or remove it, but if the chip is reburnned, which is often done when remanufacturing a board the entire chip's data is replaced. I don't know if this is possible or not, but since you suspected the system was "hacked", it is possible someone improperly reburned the wrong data onto the chip making the supervisor password option non operational. If (and I do stress the "if") this is the problem, then you can get the board repaired. This type of repair is often required if a bios flash is interrupted and the system becomes unusable, and usually costs $100-200.
Your best option might be to just use the system for what it is, or just replace the system board and be done with it.
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I recently set user+master hard disk passwords. I know them both. I can boot up with the user password at the HDP prompt.
I now want to change the user password, but it is greyed out in the BIOS. I pressed F1 at the HDP prompt and another icon appears. I presume it wants the master password, but it doesn't accept this nor the user password.
Can anyone explain?
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Check the following solution, I think you're experiencing the same issue:-
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Can-t-remove-HDD-password/m-p/322215#M12123
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I am sure of all the passwords as we both used the same simple word for all the passwords and now both laptops have the same issue.
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good job figuring it out.
if you hadn't, there'd have been no solution other than a system board replacement.
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Changing Shared Disks Password

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I want to change the setting of my disk for shared disks from "With a disk password" to "with accounts" and when I do non of the files that was set up with a disk password show in with accounts. I do disconnect and then reconnect but no joy.
Has anyone elso come across thisproblem and if so how do you resolve it?

If you want to work with accounts you need to do it from original setup.. you cannot apply accounts to an already loaded TC and expect to access the files.
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But you should realise you have no improvement in security whatsoever if anyone has access to the TC.. they can just press reset button and all the accounts are gone and any files can be accessed.. it is totally inadequate as a security measure.. you are better setting up a encrypted file and adding files to it. And use encrypted TM if you are trying to stop other people getting access to your files.

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Hi and welcome to the forum!
HDD password can only be changed using particular ThinkPad it was set on.
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http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/Thinkpad-T400-and-HDD-password-OCZ-Vertex/t...
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