Setting A Hard Disk Drive Master Password - Toshiba 8000 User Manual

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Keeping Your Files Safe
Using a password in Windows 95 and Windows 98

Setting a hard disk drive Master password

CAUTION: If you choose to set a hard disk drive User
password, it is strongly recommended that you set a hard
disk drive Master password as well.
If you set a hard disk drive User password and later forget
the password or lose your password diskette, YOU WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR HARD DISK AGAIN,
unless you've set a hard disk drive Master password.
1 If your diskette drive is not installed in the SelectBay, connect
the external diskette drive or swap drives in the SelectBay. To
swap drives, see "Swapping SelectBay modules" on page 37.
2 Click Start, then click Shut Down.
3 Click Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode and click
Yes or OK, as appropriate.
Windows 95/Windows 98 shuts down the computer, then
restarts it in MS-DOS mode and displays a system prompt.
4 At the system prompt, type
The Hard Disk Drive Password program DISKPW displays a
warning screen.
5 To set a hard disk drive Master password, type
press
To quit without setting a password, type
DISKPW displays another warning and asks you to confirm
that you want to set a hard disk drive Master password.
6 To set a hard disk drive Master password, type
To exit without setting a password, type
If you choose
password.
Part II: Technical Reference
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Enter
, DISKPW prompts you to enter your
Y
and press
c:\dos\diskpw
and press
3
.
N
.
Enter
and
2
.
Enter
.
Y