Toshiba Portege M300 User Manual page 127

After you set the password, a dialog box will be displayed asking
whether you want to save it to a floppy disk or other media. If you forget
the password, you can open the password file on another computer. Be
sure to keep the media in a safe place.
When entering the character string to register the password, enter from
the keyboard character by character and do not enter as ASCII code or
copy-and-paste the character string. In addition, ensure that the
registered password is correct by outputting the character string to the
password file.
Delete (button)
Click this button to delete a registered password. Before you can delete
a password, you must first enter the current password correctly or insert
a proper token.
Change (button)
Click this button to change a registered password. Before you can
change a password, you must first enter the current password correctly
or insert a proper token.
Owner String (text box)
You can use this box to associate text with the password. After you
enter text, click Apply or OK. At the time of a startup of a computer, this
text is displayed, when you can ask for the input of a password.
User Token field
Create (button)
You can use an SD card token, instead of entering the password. After
you have registered a password, insert an SD card in SD card slot and
click Create. You can use an SD card of any capacity, but it must be
formatted correctly.
If an unformatted card or one with an incompatible format is inserted,
you will be prompted to format it with a tool named TOSHIBA SD
Memory Card Format. To start the format tool, point to or click the
following items:
When you format an SD Memory card, all data will be deleted. Be sure to
save data on the card to other media before you format the card.
Disable (button)
Click this button to invalidate the token. You cannot revalidate old
tokens, but you can use the same SD cards to create new tokens.
After using the token created for authentication, do not leave it inserted in
the SD card slot, ensure that the token is removed from the slot and stored
in a safe location. If the token is left in the slot, there is a danger of theft or
a third party using it for authentication and operating the user's computer
(resulting in extraction, modification or deletion of data) when the user is
not at their desk.
User's Manual
start -> All Programs -> TOSHIBA -> Utilities -> SD Memory
Card Format
Power and Power-Up Modes
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