Creating A User Password Service Diskette - Toshiba Portege 4000 User Manual

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Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords
8 Type the password again and press
If the passwords match, HDDPWD32 prompts you to create a
password diskette.
9 To create a password diskette, type
To continue without creating a password diskette, type

Creating a user password service diskette

To create a password service diskette, first perform the steps
for setting a user password, and type
1 If you are creating a password diskette, insert a blank
formatted write-enabled diskette in the optional diskette drive
and press any key to continue.
HDDPWD32 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.
HDDPWD32 displays a warning screen and asks if you want
to finish setting the hard disk drive user password.
2 To finish setting the hard disk drive user password, type
To exit without setting a password, type
The hard disk drive user password will be registered the next
time you restart the computer. Each time you start the
computer from the hard disk, the system will prompt you to
enter your password. When prompted, type your hard disk
drive user password and press
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Enter
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at step 9.
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Enter
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