Toshiba Portege 4000 User Manual page 185

6 Type a password of up to 10 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.
HDDPWD32 prompts you to enter the password again.
7 Type the password again and press
If the passwords match, HDDPWD32 prompts you to create a
password diskette.
8 To create a password diskette, type
To continue without creating a password diskette, type
9 If you are creating a password diskette, when prompted 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 master password.
10 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.
Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords
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