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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using passwords in the Windows® operating system
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❖ A hard disk drive password—Protects your data by
preventing access to the hard disk, even if it is removed
and installed in another computer. You can set a hard disk
drive user password and/or a hard disk drive master
password.
User-level passwords
The user-level password is the basic level of password
security. You can use it as both a power-on password and an
instant password. For most users, this is all the password
security you’ll need.
CAUTION: Make sure you use a password you can remember
easily. If you ever forget your password, contact your network
administrator.
Setting a user-level password
To set (register) a user-level password:
1 Click Start, Control Panel, and click Toshiba
HWSetup.
2 Open the Password tab.
3 Click Registered.
A Password dialog box appears.
4 Type in the password and click OK.
5 Reenter the password and click OK.
6 Click OK at the bottom of the HWSetup window.
Your user password is now in effect. Use it when you
start the computer (power-on password).
Disabling the user-level password
To delete a user-level password: