Panasonic Toughbook CF-71 Series Reference Manual page 12

Security Measures
Preventing theft of damage to data using a floppy disk
When you do not want your Supervisor Setup changed without permission
You may choose to protect the data on your computer from being accessed illegally or
overwritten accidentally by using a floppy disk. You can also set your computer to be
unbootable from a floppy disk.
Preventing the use of a floppy disk
This error message is displayed when access to the
floppy disk drive is attempted.
Procedure
1
Run the Setup Utility
2
Using and
3
Using and
FDD] or [CDD
4
Using the and
with , then press Esc
5
Close the Setup Utility
Set the Supervisor Password. After it has been set, no changes can be made to the
Supervisor settings unless the password is entered.
When the supervisor password is set
When changing the Supervisor Setup,
if is displayed after the power has been
turned on, or if [Enter supervisor password] is
displayed in the Setup Utility (
When the supervisor password is incorrect
or when the user password is entered, (Or,
even when the correct supervisor password
is entered).
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, select [Supervisor Setup], then press Enter
, select [Boot Up Drive], then set either [HDD
FDD HDD] with
, select [Floppy Operation], set [Disable]
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Input the correct supervisor password and
press .
Enter
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(There are cases in which the Supervisor Setup does
not appear on the main screen).
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Supervisor Setup
May be
Opened
Supervisor Setup
Can not be
Opened
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