Toshiba 8000 User Manual page 193

Using a password in Windows 95 and Windows 98
7 Type a password of up to ten characters and press
CAUTION: Make sure you choose a hard disk drive Master
password you can remember easily. If you set a hard disk
drive User password and later forget the password or lose
your password diskette, you will need to enter the hard disk
drive Master password in order to access your hard disk.
DISKPW prompts you to enter the password again.
8 Type the password again and press
If the passwords match, DISKPW prompts you to create a
password diskette.
9 To create a password diskette, type
To continue without creating a password diskette, type
If you choose to create the diskette, DISKPW prompts you to
insert a diskette.
10 Insert a blank formatted write-enabled diskette into the
diskette drive and press any key to continue.
DISKPW saves the password on the diskette 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.
DISKPW displays a warning screen and asks if you want to
finish setting the hard disk drive Master password.
11 To finish setting the hard disk drive Master password, type
To exit without setting a password, type
The hard disk drive Master password will be registered the
next time you restart your computer. When you need to use
the hard disk drive Master password, type the password when
prompted and press the tab key.
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