Toshiba 3500 Personal Computer User Manual


 
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Keeping Your Files Safe
Setting a hard disk drive master password
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A confirmation screen appears to verify you want to
register the password.
9 Click Yes.
10 If you want to store the password on a removable media
click Yes; otherwise click No to continue without storing
the password on a removable media.
11 If you are storing the password on a removable media,
insert the media of you choice and type the drive and file
name you want to save it as, or click Browse to search for
the drive.
12 Press OK to continue.
HDDPW saves the password on the media as a text file. If
you forget your password, you can open the text file on
another computer and find out what the password is.
HDDPW displays a warning screen notifying you that the
computer must be turned off and restarted in order for the
change to take place.
13 To finish setting the hard disk drive user password, click
OK.
The hard disk drive user password will be registered the
next time you restart your computer.
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When you need to use the hard disk drive user password,
type the password when prompted and press the tab key.
Deleting the hard disk drive user password
HINT: You must delete the hard disk drive user password before
you can delete the hard disk drive master password.
To delete a hard disk drive user password:
1 1 Click Start, then click Run.