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Keeping Your Files Safe
Hard disk drive passwords
Deleting the hard disk drive user password
HINT: You must delete the hard disk drive user password
before you can delete the hard disk drive master password.
To delete a hard disk drive user password:
1
Click Start, then click Run.
2
In the Run box, type:
c:\Program Files\toshiba\Windows Utilities\HDDPW\HDDPW
press
The Hard Disk Drive Password program, HDDPW, displays a
warning screen.
3
To delete the hard disk drive user password, click Delete.
HDDPW displays another warning and asks you whether you
want to delete the hard disk drive user password.
4
Type your password and press
If the password you typed matches the registered hard disk
drive user password, the password is deleted. Any password
service diskette made with the password is now no longer
valid.
5
Shut down and restart the computer for your changes to take
effect.
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